LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Ghosts that roamed Southern plantations
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Folk songs about freedom or hardships.
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It’s a Biblical reference to Moses leading the Hebrews out of slavery.
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Religious Americans who preached the Bible door-to-door.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The folk spiritual is a form of improvised music, spontaneously created by individuals and groups. The concert spiritual, also known as arranged spirituals, evolved in schools created to educate the enslaved after emancipation.
Detailed explanation-2: -A spiritual is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South. The songs proliferated in the last few decades of the eighteenth century leading up to the abolishment of legalized slavery in the 1860s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spiritual songs may be described as the songs which are spontaneous and are inspired by the Holy Spirit itself. They are also referred to as a type of Psalm.
Detailed explanation-4: -Drawing on stories from the Old and New Testament, the spirituals dealt with religious themes-faith, freedom, hope and salvation. They expressed sorrow over life in bondage, but also hope in a better life.