Author Question: Classified ads of the slave period often mentioned slaves' European instrumental skills to potential ... (Read 71 times)

ap345 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Classified ads of the slave period often mentioned slaves' European instrumental skills to potential
owners because

a. these were desirable skills to most whites
b. this usually meant a slave had property (the instrument) that could be used by someone
else or sold
c. owners liked to know ahead of time if there were hobbies that might distract slaves from
their daily chores
d. such skills made them less valuable and disclosure laws had been established

Question 2

The earliest collection of slave songs, entitled Slave Songs of the United States, was

a. an attempt to transcribe performances into European music notation
b. a perfectly accurate representation of the music
c. an attempt to cash in on the desire slaves expressed to learn more of their music from other
parts of the country
d. essentially instrumental and vocal arrangements of blues-like songs