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Traditional African Music carried information within the music. Information within a drumbeat could organize an army. General Sherman used drums to communicate with slaves during the Civil War. Slave owners did not want the slaves to go to war against them. They did not allow the slaves to use traditional African music because they did not want a slave uprising.
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Slave masters did not allows slaves to play traditional African music?
slave masters wanted to erase the slaves' cultural identity.
Slave masters did not allow slaves to play traditional African music because?
slave masters wanted to erase the slaves' cultural identity.
What instruments were available for a slave to play?
basic piano abit tattered 'Honky Tonk' in a church when they went with there slave masters xx
Why did slave owners like the slaves to sing?
so that they could know if a slave was or was not there, or to see if they were eating the things they may have been picking.
What was the pourpose for slave work songs?
They helped the slaves move together and pass the time.
