Question

Originally, blues music was created by _______ in the Southern United States.

African-Americans
Native Americans
Colonialists
French-Americans

Answer 1

African-Americans

Step-by-step explanation:

Blues is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1870s by African-Americans from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs, and spirituals. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.