Why were slaves in Latin America able to maintain much of their African cultural traditions unlike slaves in the USA? In a few of these countries, the abolition of slavery happened around the same time or even after abolition in the US, and white/black race-mixing was more prevalent.
Why were slaves in Latin America able to maintain much of their African cultural traditions unlike slaves in the USA...
William Ramirez
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Henry Anderson
Latin America had much much much higher death rates. There wasn't really enough time for them to form an identity when they were dying off and being replaced by fresh ones.
Jason Powell
You are repeating memes.
Bongoes are not African. They didn't "preserve their culture" anymore than North American slaves did. They may have influenced culture where they were numerous (ie. Cuba, Brazil, Colombia) just like US blacks influenced Southern culture, but that's it.
Anthony Robinson
I'm more talking in terms of religion, though.
Caleb Gomez
Because Hispanics weren't as assholish to blacks as Burgers.
Zachary Wood
Many slaves were able to fool the Spaniards, making them think they were praying to Jesus/Mary/Saints, when in reality they were worshipping their old deities.
Hunter Rivera
Since American slaveowners were mostly proddies, they didn't allow any images that the Africans could use for syncretism, making it harder for them to keep their religion and their christianization more successful.
Juan Reyes
>Since American slaveowners were mostly proddies, they didn't allow any images that the Africans could use for syncretism, making it harder for them to keep their religion and their christianization more successful.
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Tyler Russell
Maybe because the Latin colonies got around 11 million African slaves while the States took in only around 200 000.
Jordan Ramirez
They sure showed them!
Tyler Davis
Ha. Slaves were dying like roaches in South America and they had to ship them constantly in order to keep work force available.
In North America slaves were treated like valuable farm animals -they were fed well and they let them form families, living almost like humans with exception that you will never be free and your life will be dedicated to cotton picking.
Angel Lopez
When you say "Latin colonies" it was mostly Brazil and the Caribbean.
Jace Adams
If you are gonna make generalizations like that, most South American countries had almost no slavery, abolishing it right at independence, while the US kept it until the second half of the 19th century.
James Harris
What are you talking about? The Gullah maintained more cultural aspect from Africa than anyone in Latin America, Gullah even use words and expressions from African languages.
Jack Thomas
>Pentecostals aren’t daemon worshippers
The blacks infected the white man with paganism
Connor Anderson
Blake Taylor
The Gullah are a big exception among African-Americans.
Jordan Morris
in south america they were allowed to keep their drums and chanting and had celebration days protected by the church, in many cities they had "kings" and "queens" with the right to petition civil authorities
Aaron Hall
Because I like to blame the cathilics for everything
Jonathan Johnson
Slavery continued in parts of south america for a long while after it ended in north america
Xavier Morales
Boogies are afro-Cuban drums based off the central African model.
Josiah Jackson
Some of it slipped in though.
James Hughes
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Samuel Jackson
A small minority of the overall African-descended American population, though.
Jaxon Cook
Arguably the (American) banjo is far more African than the bongo drum
Evan Hall
Only in Brazil.
Kayden Wilson
So do Maroon Jamaicans.
Jayden Anderson
Oh you sad little man, denouncing every instance of God's work as demon worship.
Elijah Harris
American music is what it is because of African musical tradition. Popular music around the world would be completely different if America never had African slaves
Joseph Brooks
>The Gullah maintained more cultural aspect from Africa than anyone in Latin America
lelnope.
The dozens of different maroon communities kept far more of their culture, eg. the Ndyuka people:
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Benjamin Torres
Lol, the Gullah to Kente clothes, use words from Twi, Vai, Fon, etc... and have a poem from Sierra Leone that they still sing to this day. The Gullah also make African dishes. Sorry but nobody can compete with them.
Julian Cruz
Go to "Customs and traditions"
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James Fisher
Guayana is not in Latin America