Analyse the black experience of slavery in North America

Analyse the black experience of slavery in North America. The black experience of slavery in North America begins with the enforced transportation of thousands of Africans across the Atlantic to North America. The Africans were: "torn from their families and villages, marched to the coast, confined in Barracoons to await a passing ship, then crammed below decks for upwards of two months."(1) This was the beginning of the dehumanisation of the blacks that was continued …

…sole purpose in America was, for the most part, to provide the cheapest agricultural labor possible to procure."(8) The cultural identity that the slaves formed, most importantly in the music they created and the music that evolved from it gave a voice to many blacks after the abolition of slavery. The blues and subsequently jazz gave status and a foundation to blacks after slavery and played a major role in their entry into American society