Captivity narratives of Americans relate the experiences of whites enslaved by Native Americans and Africans enslaved by Americans. ... " (Rowlandson)  In the narrative, her depiction of the Native American religion; or what Rowlandson perceives as a lack of religion, was directly related to the ideologies of her Puritan upbringings. Furthermore, Rowlandson's encounter with the new or "Other" religion of the Natives caused her to rethink, and question her past; her experiences do not however cause her to redirect her life or change her ideals in any way. ... In many accounts history...

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Before Europeans journeyed to North America and brought African slaves with them, Africans and Native Americans actually had a lot in common. ... Soon, Europeans and Native Americans were at arms almost constantly. ... Obviously, Native Americans were captured by the Europeans and were sold into slavery. ... Since both races had no form of civilized religion, white Europeans believed Native Americans to be inferior to their own white race. ... In some areas, Native Americans eventually began to absorb the white European culture. ...

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Native African music consisted mainly of wind and string melodies punctuated by hand clapping, xylophones, and drum beats. ... Religion Before Blacks came to America, they had their own highly developed religious beliefs. ... A main difference between African and Christian religions, however, is that Africans did not find it necessary to convert all other cultures to their religion. ... It may be that Africans had scientific methods native to Africa that they brought to the New World, but these were overlooked by supremacist slave-owners and gradually disappeared. ... Their a...

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Whether these events, such as the relocation and treatment of Native Americans or the forced slavery of African Americans, were right or wrong, they played important roles in shaping today's most powerful country. ... Eventually, people like Washington, Madison, Mason and Jefferson, did not know any better and thought that whites were supposed to rule over Natives and African Americans, with out ever questioning that particular belief. ... Until later in their life, they did not know any better than to go along with society and treat African Americans and Natives as inferior races. ....

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North American slaves lived together in buildings near to their place of work. ... By setting aside their forced leaving of their native Africa the slaves emerged with new identities with local roots but all based on their strong cultural belief and need for kinship. ... RELIGION: Obeah viewed by whites" as a superstition was a form of slave religion a powerful facet of African culture transplanted to America. ... Like America, slave religion in the Caribbean shared a great deal of the same features. ... Like America the Caribbean h...

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Another reason that enslaved Africans were used because they were much preferred over Native Americans and indentured servants. Native Americans were not used commonly because they were hard to maintain as well caused specific problems to the colonies. Enslaved Native Americans were able to break away from their owners successfully because of their knowledge of the land. ... Using Native Americans also disrupted the trade between them as well cause a lot of tension in the frontier. In addition, the amount of Native Americans started to become limited due to epidemics and wars. ...

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Enslaved African Americans developed a sense of racial identity. ... Yet through, storytelling, religion and music African Americans managed to preserve their culture. ... Religion and life Away from the view of owners and overseers, slaves lived their own lives. ... Religion served as a second refuge. In the colonial period, African slaves usually clung to their native religions, and many slave owners were suspicious of others who sought to convert their slaves to Christianity, in part because they feared that converted slaves would have to be freed. ...

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Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. ... In the public eye, slaves demonstrated a docile acceptance of this enforced religion and acted eager to learn the biblical texts conc...

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Thomas Jefferson: The Man, the Myth, and the Morality Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... In my opinion the merely problem with this passage from the Declaration of Independence is that is does not say, "We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men including their race, creed, religion or color are created equal that they .." ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. African natives were all of age...

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Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia"," is important to the study of the origins of slavery as the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. ... The ignorance and prejudice he encountered in England motivated him to correct the "strangely cruel1 " reputation American servitude had. ... This source however is in relation to Jews and them using those of different religions as their slaves as their non-adherence to Judaism evidenced their inferiority, rather than a racial motivation so has questionable direct application. ... However th...

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Sorrow is a mongrelized slave, Lina is a Native American slave, Florens is an African American slave, and Willard and Scully are white indentured servants. ... Not too long after, her husband dies of smallpox and she is left with loneliness, which turns her to religion. ...

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• Grade Level: High School