Enslaved Africans also fought against slavery by keeping their African cultures and traditions alive in words, names, music and beliefs. Slave owners often tried to control this. Slavesâ drumming was banned by plantation owners on the Caribbean island of St Kitts (except at Christmas time).
Fresno County, California. Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 930,450. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California.
Fresno is in the center of the San Joaquin Valley and is the largest city in the Central Valley, which contains the San Joaquin Valley. It is approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of Los Angeles, and 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento.