LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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English
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French
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Gullah
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African
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Detailed explanation-1: -The practices of plantation owners unknowingly helped the Gullah culture survive: from praise houses–one-room houses of worship where Christianity was introduced to keep slaves from running away–came plantation melodies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gullah – pronounced GULL-uh – is the Creole language developed by enslaved Africans living along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina. It is also the name of the people who speak this language, as well as the name of their culture and traditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sea Island Gullahs, about 1930. Nigeria. This hybrid language served as a means of communication between British slave traders and local African traders, but it also served as a lingua franca, or common language, among Africans of different tribes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gullah traditions are the customs, beliefs and ways of life that have been passed down among Sea Island families. Making sweetgrass baskets, quilting, and knitting fishing nets are a few of the crafts that parents and grandparents teach children. Folklore, stories and songs have also been handed down over the years.