This bundle brings together 3 lessons that trace African drumming from its origins through enslavement in the New World up to the post-Revolutionary period. Together, the lessons convey the importance of drumming to African and African-descended people, the role of drums in the Stono Rebellion, and the legal and musical dimensions of the post-Stono ban on drums. The lessons convey the musical creativity and resilience of African and African-descended people, with significant detailed content o