Slaves made this kind of music to get through hard days of work and it really is significant to American society because most black slaves didn't know how to write so they only had to make music with what they feel and how their day went and had to memorize it. They also had to make their own instruments.
The blues music resides in the element of African-Americans creating their own aesthetic. Blues music represents the opposing voice that refused to be silenced by oppression and segregation.
