First, the Africans had to keep there heritage alive by practicing it everyday. They practiced such things as telling old folktales, dance, music, and religion. The folktales they told back then would be considered old ghost stories or stories that teach something, in our time. The dance they did was dances they practiced in their home country before they were removed for slavery. The music they sang was much like the folktales, yet it gave fun and still told the stories, listening to the music is when the

So concluding, the slaves lived extremely harsh lives, yet they tried to make the best of them by keeping their heritage and thinking of plots to get around the work. But they were like a time bomb waiting to go off, they did everything they could to forget about the harsh ways of slavery, but eventually came to no other alternatives. Although they never had a chance to prevail over the southern whites at the time, I admire them for trying. I believe anyone in that situation would have performed the same task.

y did their dances. The major instrument of the time was the molo, which was a stringed instrument similar to the banjo, that mixed with some drums, made great entertainment for the slaves. Many blacks wanted to keep their religion they had when they left home, which is very reasonable because they didn't like the beliefs of the white men. Although some converted, their masters didn't like them to because they believed baptizing would lead to rebellion

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