![]() ![]() In many parts of the rural, mostly Protestant nation, dancing was frowned on. ![]() In “The Swamp” in the first section called “Rock the City” Sublette writes “…’the African slaves meet on the green, by the swamp, and rock the city with their Congo dances.’ Most of the United States was quiet on Sunday. He takes us on a journey from the Swamp, to Colonization, through Revolution and Purchase. He brings a strong understanding of the music and how it shaped what became the Afro-Louisiana culture. He takes readers by the hand walking us through time and circumstances to give us an understanding of how the threads of history were woven together to produce the New Orleans culture. For those of us who are not historians-and don’t want to be, but want to understand all of the forces that made New Orleans the city that it is-Ned Sublette’s book is a joy to read. ![]()
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