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#Slaveculture

Sterling Stuckey explains the process of how various African peoples from Igbos to Akans fashioned themselves into a single people on the slave plantations of the south.
#SterlingStuckey explains how slaves ships became a unifying force among enslaved people regardless of their cultural ties. He also explains how the slave ship developed racism and the concept of color among enslaved people. #Slaveculture
#SterlingStuckey tells the tale of King Buzzard which was an ancient African myth that linked Africans on the continent to Africans in America. That specific link was a symbol of cultural retention that enslaved people maintained. #Slaveculture
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