Folk Music was used as a language African Americans used to communicate with each other, especially on the fields while they were working. They often used a call-and-response on the field to spread messages to one another. Folk Music was also used to express perseverance, sorrow, or joy when slaves were freed and how they were able to overcome certain obstacles. Even though Folk Music was something that was a language between the African Americans, whites often made a mockery of their music by putting on a performance for an audience using over exaggerated, silly facial expressions and movements using blackface.