Slaves from different countries ... down from generation to generation throughout slavery. These songs were influenced by African and religious traditions and would later form the basis for ...

early African American music would become a unifying and driving force among America's slaves. Spirituals, as many of these songs came to be called, expressed faith in God, helped make work more ...

A rare manuscript of a historical 18th Century slave song is set to go on display in Gloucester Cathedral. The cathedral said it is the world’s oldest surviving music manuscript from the voices ...

Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of people were taken from Africa to America and the ...

Drums were at the heart of this early history, brought on slave boats from Africa to the Americas, and the music that the enslaved Africans brought with them gave them a voice for their condition ...

Unlike in Brazil or Cuba direct African infusions into black American culture ... and the demands of the musical audience--whether it be fellow slaves or plantation-owners--the music varied from place ...

Searching for my slave roots Moving to Ghana 'to escape racism' The DNA study was led by consumer genetics company 23andMe and included 30,000 people of African ancestry on both sides of the Atlantic.