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Originally Posted by Chapel  The only explanation I can think to combat this is: that slaves were disguising something very illegal as something less illegal. |
Well, all forms of slave culture were equally oppressed since they were seen by the the slave owners as dangerous things which would stir up unrest amoung the slaves. By banning all forms of expression the slave owners crushed the will of the slaves and made them (to the slave owners eyes) more passive.
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Originally Posted by Chapel Also the aspect of dance/art may also come from a 'lets roll as much of our culture into one easily practicable thing as we can so we can practice as much of it as possible with our limited time' sort of mind set. |
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by Militis I wish that the slaves from pre-civil war (U.S.) would have Capoeira'd those slaveholders butt's and got free sooner. |
Unfortunately for them, they probably hadn't heard of Capoeira. Although that is another thing: Capoeira probably wasn't used very much at all to defeat slave owners during the uprisings. Arsen, rioting and the fact there were a lot of slaves compared to slave owners probably got people futher.