How did the family structure of enslaved african americans them survive life under slavery?

Families were broken up as people were sold, but extended families of relatives and friends provided stability.

Explanation:

In various  ways the  enslaved African American families were very similar to other  families who lived in places and  past times  under a different  kind of circumstances.

Some families  were divided as people were sold, but there was stability in some extended families of relatives and friends

Just as some husbands and wives  did not get along very well,  others loved   Children sometimes followed their minds, why others abided by parent’s rules.

Parents mostly, loved their children and wanted to protect the against harm. In some other ways, though the slavery that marked everything about their ways of lives made these families dissimilar or different.

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