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It seems that the author of that anti-broom article had an agenda. He cited only one slave owner who seemed to make a mockery of the tradition. Most African American traditions are based on what we could retain from African and what we melded with slave traditions. We can't just throw away traditions because some people mocked it. Slaves were actually encouraged to marry as the marriages created new wealth for the owners in offspring that could be used and/or sold., especially after the ban on importation of slaves in the early 1800's.
Another thing, most African marriages, then, and many now, were not about love or emotion, but were arranged affairs, based on family ties or economic reasons, especially those that are influenced by Arab traditions.
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