Field hollers, work songs, shouts, & cries held immense significance for enslaved Black Americans. Sounding like noise to slaveowners, these songs conveyed secrets through encrypted codes, retold Bible stories, or offered solace. They bore witness to the resilience & endurance of the enslaved, forging a legacy that impacts musicians worldwide.
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@Deglassco @[email protected] @BlackMastodon - This is a REALLY informative & intuitive 🧵 . Thank U! 😍
To think that the state of Florida wants to teach how #Slavery was beneficial to black people! 😳
The thing I always find remarkable is that so consistently, rather than see the absence of God or religion in the darkness of Slavery & racial oppression, the abolitionists & Civil Rights leaders held such firm religious beliefs & faith. Across generations.
Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco
Cogito-Ergo-Sum