Assertion: banjo | /r/HasProperty | adopted by joel walker sweeney
Facets:
value: in the years
type: TEMPORAL
value: from african americans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: African Americans, who were not only slaves but also free blacks working in timber, coal mining, and other industries at the time in the region, influenced Appalachian music as the banjo was adopted from African Americans by white musicians (such as Joel Walker Sweeney) in the years leading up to the Civil War.