African slaves in North America were only permitted to practice their musical heritage in

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Topic: where African slaves in North America were permitted to practice their musical heritage. 
Option 1: Alabama. While enslaved people lived throughout Alabama, there isn’t a widely recognized site in Alabama specifically identified as the canonical space where enslaved Africans were allowed to freely practice music as a heritage tradition on a regular basis. This makes Alabama an unlikely candidate for the described unique cultural practice space. 
Option 2: South Carolina. Similar to Alabama, enslaved communities in South Carolina had musical and cultural expressions, but there isn’t a single, well-known location in the state's history that is celebrated as the primary or officially permitted venue for practicing African musical heritage in the way described. 
Option 3: The Mississippi Delta. The Delta is famous for its musical output, especially blues, which grew from African American communities, yet the phrase “permitted to practice their musical heritage in” points to a specific historical space associated with sanctioned or allowed cultural expression, not a region associated with later genre development. 
Option 4: Congo Square in New Orleans. Congo Square is historically noted as a designated public space in New Orleans where enslaved Africans and their descendants gathered on Sundays to sing, play drums, dance, and preserve musical and cultural practices from African heritages, making it the best-known example of a permitted venue for this purpose. 
In evaluating these options, distinguish between general regional culture and a documented, sanctioned site of cultural practice; Congo Square stands out as the explicit location linked to the preservation and public rehearsal of African musical traditions during slavery and the early post-slavery era. 
Thus, option 4 aligns with well-established historical accounts of enslaved Africans expressing and maintaining musical heritage in a sanctioned communal space, while the other options do not correspond to a similarly documented location.

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African slaves in North America were only permitted to practice their musical heritage in

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