Originally, blues music was created by in the Southern United States. African-Americans
Native Americans
Colonialists
French-Americans

African-Americans

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.

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