Gullah shout party near Beaufort, SC in 1862
Gullah shout party near Beaufort, SC in 1862. The liberated slaves on coastal lowlands continued their West African musical and religious tradition, call and response ritual commonly used in African music. Rhythmic hand clapping accompanied shout (spiritual) songs. African slaves had partial immunity from mosquito borne diseases of the coastal lowlands. Euro-American avoided the area, leaving the enslaved supervised by a small population of whites. As a result, the Gullah African culture survived two centuries of slavery
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45382722
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
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60-70 Ancestry Carolina Ex-slaves Freedmen Freedwoman Gullah Lcgr1807 Lcgr2018 Lowlands Shout Traditions
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