Slaves in the South were very religious people. They identified with stories in the Bible about suffering. They had they own son
gs, called spirituals, that expressed their feelings of distress. Slaves looked to God to provide them with a better life. Unfortunately, slaves did not have their own churches, but were forced to attend white-led plantation churches. Choose the sentence that corrects a historical inaccuracy in the passage.
The correct answer is C) the song form called "the blues" expressed African American's deep spiritual dissatisfaction.
The other options of the question were A) African Americans in the South embraced the polytheistic religions of their ancestors. B) many African Americans became ministers and formed their own congregations. D) the stories of resurrection and the afterlife were most important to slaves in the South.
The sentence that corrects a historical inaccuracy in the passage is the following: the song form called "the blues" expressed African American's deep spiritual dissatisfaction.
Since the very beginning, African Americans respected and practiced their culture and traditions. Singing was of the utmost importance to them. Through singing, they could express their feelings of dissatisfaction and desperation. The Blues was one form of singing that allowed them to express spiritual dissatisfaction and produced them some kind of personal relief.
<span>Unfortunately, slaves did not have their own churches, but were forced to attend white-led plantation churches...from what I've learned, some Blacks on plantations had their own version of church. They "appointed" a black person who became their minister and that minister would tell them Biblical stories.</span>
<span>Hopefully this helped and good luck. </span>
He invented fascism, a kind of government that puts the state before everything. Including personal liberties. All that kind of stuff was up to the state.
