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The Blues: Expression of Resilience Among Slaves

"The Blues" by Urvi Patel explores the harsh realities faced by African slaves in America. Captured and treated like animals, they endured unimaginable hardships, from living in cramped quarters with minimal food to the traumatic separation from family. Despite their suffering, slaves found a way to express their pain and sorrow through music. The blues, characterized by its call and response format, served as a powerful tool for emotional release and communal solidarity. Ultimately, this artistic expression provided a glimpse of hope and resilience amidst cruelty, continuing its legacy even after their emancipation in 1865.

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The Blues: Expression of Resilience Among Slaves

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  1. The blues By UrviPatel 8Z1

  2. How life was cruel for slaves The slaves were captured by the Americans they didn’t have a choice of going or not they were caught like animals they were locked up, lots of people in one room all tied up they had little to eat and pregnant women if they give birth they would throw them in the ocean after the long journey they were brought to the auctions where people looked at the slaves one by one and sold.

  3. What they did to express their feelings • The slaves had a cruel life and nothing but work to do to get their minds of that and to express their unhappiness and cruel life they sang songs and played instrument which would be drums. The blues was sang by the African slaves and carried on by other people.

  4. Call and response • In the call and response form the leader sings a line the (call) and its answered by a chorus (the response) the chorus stays the same while the soloist improvises. The slaves were set free in 1865.

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