Songs


 * Spirituals**

Slaves were not allowed to talk while working because the plantation owners were worried they would then rebel, so instead they would sing. Many enslaved african Americans sang during the work day for many different reasons. They sang about freedom, love, respect, christianity, and they even hid codes in their songs. They sang to take off some of the burden of their work. They sang religious songs; sometimes of African traditions, sometimes about Christianity. Singing was deeply woven into slave culture. From the time before Africans were captured and enslaved many communities sang often. They sang in tmes of celebration and sorrow. No matter how they felt, they expressed thier feelings in songs and music.


 * Gospels..**

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Run Children, Run

Keep Your Lamps

Wade in the Water

Gospel Train

Go Down Moses

Many Thousand Gone

http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/swing-low-sweet-chariot-with-an-mp3-recording/ http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/History/african.cfm http://www.negrospirituals.com/