Spiritual songs were sung by African slaves to give them hope and sometimes give secret messages to help them communicate without having the bad people listen. They used songs like 'wade in the water' so they can tell the people when they run go to the water and so the dogs can't track them when they run. These songs were also used by Harriet Tubman who was an enslaved woman who escaped and that used these songs to tell others that it's safe and to go to a certain place. She used the underground railway to which was a connected tunnel and safe house that was used to move more slaves up north where they would be free. Wade in the water is a popular one now for it was sung a lot. 'You don't believe I've been redeemed, Wade in the water, Just so the whole lake goes looking for me, God's gonna trouble the water'
Good description of what Harriet Tubman did to help the slaves.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good summary Emily.Using the critical literacy questions would add an interesting perspective.
ReplyDeleteThis has a really good description to the blog post Emily. I would like to see more information about how Harriet Tubman helped the slaves escape. Other than that well done!
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