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| Where were slaves banned from drumming? |
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| What is "dancing the slaves"? |
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| This is what slave ship captains made the slaves do in order to keep them alive longer. Sailors would lash the slaves with a cat-o'-nine-tails to force them to "hump up and rattle their chains". |
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| How did Africans manage to preserve their heritage in North America? |
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| By dancing through the streets of the towns they were passing through when they were moving from place to place. They were supposed to look lively so that people would want to buy them. |
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| What were slaves allowed to do in North America? |
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| SOME were allowed to dance on Saturday nights to a fiddle, banjo or tambourine |
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| The polyrhythmic clapping and slapping routine used in place of drums by slaves |
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