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This 7 page paper looks at slave life, the significance of music and particularly the black spiritual in the lives of slaves. White and black spirituals are compared and contrasted. Slave life is discussed in general. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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they did. Today, in America, there is freedom and while there is not yet complete equality, things are more equitable than they ever were in the past. Yes, the nation
has come along way, but the practice of slavery lingers as black citizens ask for reparations, and the issue is simply not forgotten. While slavery was a fact of life
in America, it was music or more precisely the black spiritual that had become a coping mechanism, or rather, a form of resistance to the horrendous practice. First,
it is important to look at slavery and how it existed in the Northern and Southern states. There was a difference and this is only somewhat significant when examining
music, but it is important in understanding the issue and why resistance was necessary. Slavery was very different in the Northern and Southern regions of the states. Piersen portrays
the Northern slave as situated between a rock and a hard place, not autonomous enough to be a full fledged American nor enslaved to the point of total submission. Many
farmers ate with their slaves as if they were part of the family (Piersen, 1988). Yet, the slaves did not have enough time on their own to form cultural groups
(1988). Piersen contends that New Englands black population was the most assimilated out of any area in the country (1988). Often slaves were indoctrinated into the Protestant churches of the
Northeast, which quelled some of the uncomfortableness that went along with slave ownership (1988). Ironically, some masters argued that "since Christians could not lawfully enslave their peers, the conversion
of bondsmen (but not slavery itself) was improper" (Piersen, 1988, p.50). The debate continued in the region; arguments ensued between those who wanted to convert the slaves to Christianity and
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