Religion in Nashville’s African-American population during enslavement is quite interesting. Many African-American traditions throughout the South followed the same pattern: African spiritual traditions attempted to be kept, and the traditions were creolized marrying the Judeo-Christian values of their European counterparts. These traditions all merged and gave birth to hoodoo an Afro-centric spiritual tradition amongst African-Americans.Continue reading “Religion in Black Nashville (Part 1)”
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African-American Nashville an Intro
Like much of our history we talk about the general aspects of history, but never the details. African-American history is no different. So many things are overlooked or not talked about enough that we miss parts that make up the complete story of a quilt that makes us who we are. Humans are products ofContinue reading “African-American Nashville an Intro”
