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 has three large public parks, two in the city limits and one in county land to the southwest. Woodward Park, which features the Shinzen Japanese Gardens, numerous picnic areas and several miles of trails, is in North Fresno and is adjacent to the San Joaquin River Parkway.