Spiritual songs about slaves:
Go down, Moses- is an African- American spiritual, a type of lyric that is also referred to as a Negro folk song. Go Down, Moses is also said to have been sung by abolitionists to signal escape or rebellion.
Follow the drinking Guard- The Drinking Gourd is another name for the Big Dipper asterism. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the Underground Railroad, called Peg Leg Joe, to guide some fugitive slaves.
Anne
ReplyDeleteGreat work. There is a great rock n roll song 'Midnight Special; that was written about the underground railroad. Have you heard it? Lorraine and zi love dancing to it. How might you have felt as a member of the 'underground'?