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It is in the place that tales occupied in the lives of the slaves and in the meaning slaves derived from them that the clearest resemblances to African tradition can be found.
        

我是这样理解的,不知道对不对?

在(占据着奴隶生活和奴隶们的故事起源于奴隶他们自己)的这一点上,与非洲传统最清楚的相同之处可以被发现.

them指tales, not slaves, 应该是slaves derived the meaning from tales

这句话是个并列

it is in the place that...and (it is) in the meaning that...