What aspects of African American culture were shaped by enslavement and chattel slavery?

Question

And how do you think these traits reflected the development of a syncretic AA culture?

Answer 1

May I suggest two books edited by Belinda Hurmence MY FOLKS DON'T WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT SLAVERY
and
BEFORE FREEDOM WHEN I JUST CAN REMEMBER
Traditions and "homeland' culture had to be retold in secret in order to pass them on. Stories change with each telling down through the generations.

Answer 2

Across the spectrum: blended with Jim Crow laws and a century of state-sanctioned hate in the South and discrimination throughout the US but strongly mirroring slavery times: food, dance, art, religion. a sense of self, family, music, literature, theatre, social, etc. Major aspects of which touch all of American culture today.

Answer 3

I find the pride most African Americans take over describing how badly BEATEN they were as kids, and how they can't wait to have kids of their own so they can beat them.

It makes me sick hearing people recollect how their parents would beat them with switches, belts, or any other objects. I was never beaten as a child, and I became a well rounded individual with strong ethical social skills.