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African religions were based on oral traditions, which facilitated their spread across the Atlantic Ocean. Enslaved Africans carried their belief systems orally to the New World without relying on printed texts or doctrine provided by a centralized leader. This allowed new forms of worship to develop quickly as newly-arrived slaves mixed their own traditions with those of the local indigenous peoples. | African religions were based on oral traditions, which facilitated their spread across the Atlantic Ocean. Enslaved Africans carried their belief systems orally to the New World without relying on printed texts or doctrine provided by a centralized leader. This allowed new forms of worship to develop quickly as newly-arrived slaves mixed their own traditions with those of the local indigenous peoples. | ||
Pressures to conform to the | Pressures to conform to the standards established by Christian and Muslim slave owners caused many enslaved Africans to outwardly adopt the tenants of organized religion, while secretly continuing their traditional practices. This simultaneous resistance to and acceptance of [[Abrahamic religion]] led to the creation of new syncretic belief systems. | ||
===Criminalization and rebellions=== | ===Criminalization and rebellions=== | ||