Spirituals

What are spirituals and what did they use them for?

Spirituals is a genre of songs originating in the United States and created by African Americans. Spirituals were originally an oral tradition that imparted Christian values while also describing the hardships of slavery. They would sing these to uplift slaves and give them hope they would also sing them at funerals and sometimes at weddings.

Who was Harriet Tubman and what was the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War, all while carrying a bounty on her head. But she was also a nurse, a Union spy and a women's suffrage supporter.

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses created in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada. People would help to rescue the slaves.

Sweet Chariot 

Swing low, sweet chariot,

Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot, 
Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan and what did I see
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.

I you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends that I’m coming, too,
Coming for to carry me home.

If one of the slaves heard this song it meant to be ready to escape.

When they said (sweet chariot) in the song hey meant the underground railroad

(swing low) meant to take the slave to the north or freedom

According to Sarah Hopkins Bradford (carry me home) was one of Harriet Tubman’s favourite songs

Are These Events Still Significant today?

As you know Racism still is alive today sadly but Abraham Lincoln is the one president that made a change. He informed everyone that all the slaves shall be free forever of their prison, That was ages ago but some people didn't listen and that's why some family generations are still enslaved today.

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