Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. ... The Diaspora gives birth to a new human being: the African American, who links together the African and the American culture. ... For Africans the slave ship is a hell over the water. The phase of transition from Africa to America took place on the slave ship which had two important functions: the first was the "transmutation", which meant that the transportation of t...

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The reader must observe that the singing is an allusion to the community itself, their own emotion and their acceptance of others, a powerful tool to be used to explain the survival of the African-American slaves in a detrimental society. ...

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This story not only gives insight on other races but of the African race the one in which we are more concerned. There is a biblical story that states Ham, the second son of Noah, was the ancestor of the African race, which is agreed upon by many scholars. ... The idea of Ham's succeeding generations being cursed is an important factor because it gives an explanation of the African race. ...

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