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African Americans kept their traditions in cooking, smithing, woodcarving, storytelling, and gospel singing.
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The songs that were made up in the fields to pass the workday developed into a new type of music, gospel. Gospel music combined the two themes of freedom and salvation.
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Genres…. Urban, Southern, Christian Country, Progressive Southern, Contemporary Christian, Bluegrass Gospel, and Gospel Blues.
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Being subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse at the whims of their captors, the enslaved Africans who eventually created and first sang the spirituals required – above all else – a way to survive their physical and emotional trauma.
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Citations: "Gospel music". New World Encyclpedia. Thur., Nov. 19. "Slave Customs and Traditions". Think Quest. Tues., Nov. 10. Jones, C.. "Survival and Resilience". Sweet Chariot: the story of the spirituals. Tues., Nov. 10.
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