USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Through singing, call and response, and hollering, slaves coordinated their labor, communicated with one another across adjacent fields, bolstered weary spirits, and commented on the oppressiveness of their masters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The field holler or field call is mostly a historical type of vocal work song sung by field slaves in the United States (and later by African American forced laborers accused of violating vagrancy laws) to accompany their tasked work, to communicate usefully, or to vent feelings.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Driving Levee, ” performed by an unidentified convict, is an example of different sort of work song, called a “field holler” that was often used in agricultural work by someone working alone, but might be heard and returned by someone in a neighboring field.

Detailed explanation-4: -African American communities used music and song, sometimes in place of written communication, to discuss life, death, spiritual philosophies, and emotions: all of which helped individuals cope with the traumas that came with being enslaved.