As time went by, other forms of songs emerged in plantations where the slaves worked. Some of these songs incorporated the plight of slavery and others went as far as informing slaves how they could escape from the plantations. Although most of the songs that were published had religious themes, majority of them had hidden meanings hence, in most cases, they were interpreted wrongly by people who were not slaves. As a result of the fame that this kind of music received with time, in 1867, the first set of the slaves’ songs was published. This kind of music was the first to be accepted in the United States by African-Americans (Weissman 10). History of Bluesĭuring the slave trade period, slaves were encouraged to attend church whereby, the experiences they went through, which included the prospects of leaving bondage and being free was always in their minds, leading to the creation of a kind of music that was commonly referred to as African-American spiritual. Therefore, from research all that is clearly known is that, whenever new slaves were brought to America, they always had an influence on the already existing slaves who had developed a kind of musical fusion. As research findings show, slaves actually played the banjo as early as 1690, a norm that became more pronounced in the 18 th century (Weissman 6-10 and Oring 224-233).Īlthough all these is known, sometimes attempting to pinpoint the exact time when blues as a genre of music was started in the world is a difficult task, because there are chances that this kind of music was enjoyed in other communities before the slave trade period. However, there are instances when slaves played the banjo and the fiddle in the 18 th century. During the slave trade period, playing of drums by slaves was not allowed by their masters. Since these slaves were not allowed to bring musical instruments from Africa, the kind of music they sung was purely vocal.
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