Negro Spirituals
How Negro spirituals came to be from christianity/culture
why were these songs written? Do the songs hold a message I do not understand?
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Swing Low , Sweet Chariot
1:42
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - The Plantation Singers
Code for the Underground Railroad and its promise for the freedom over the Ohio river.
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Paul Robeson - "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?"
Reasons why the slaves were questioning why they're not being saved from the clutches of slavery.
Follow The Drinking Gourd
00:20 - 00:36
Eric Bibb - Follow The Drinking Gourd
The drinking gourd is code name for the big dipper which points to the north star; escape towards the direction of the north.
When the Saints Go Marching In
00:45 -1:04
When the Saints Go Marching In - The Plantation Singers
In memory of John Brown join the fight with the promise of Heaven.
Free At Last
beginning - 00:50
Free At Last
God will give them salvation when they get to heaven.
Wade in The Water
PLAY THROUGHOUT
created to instruct the slave people on what to do when escaping their slave owner.
Wade in the Water