Religion boosted the spirits of slaves in all of the following ways except which? A) They sang emotional Christan songs called "spirituals"

B) They came to see themselves as Gods chosen people

C) They understood that god wanted them to obey slaveholders

Question

Religion boosted the spirits of slaves in all of the following ways except which? A) They sang emotional Christan songs called "spirituals"

B) They came to see themselves as Gods chosen people

C) They understood that god wanted them to obey slaveholders

MrMudd183 · Answer

Which one(s) make the most since to you?

baddestgirl · Answer

Maybe C?? Idk sorry

MrMudd183 · Answer

The slaves did sing some songs, but from what I know they weren't Christian songs...the songs they were singing were secret codes to tell directions about how to get to an escape route.  So A could be a posibiltiy, since the question is saying "except"

MrMudd183 · Answer

"Slave music took diverse forms. Although the Cake spirituals are the best known form of slave music, in fact secular music was as common as sacred music. There were field hollers, sung by individuals, work songs, sung by groups of laborers, and satirical songs"  Thanks for the inforation used on website, `https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=6&smtID=6#:~:text=Slave%20music%20took%20diverse%20forms,of%20laborers%2C%20and%20satirical%20songs. `

Now that I relook at the question, I'm starting to think C is correct.  The slaves didn't want to obey the slaveholders, but they were forced to

VelvetKisses · Answer

Thats acually true

MrMudd183 · Answer

If it the slaves did sing some Christan songs, and C is true...that only leaves us with B