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Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Religion

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What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and the like.

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slave narratives, african american culture, african american history

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black heritage, black history, pbs, voodoo, african american experience, african spiritual, nat turner, nat turner as a prophet, impact of religion on slaves and slavery, plantation life

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