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African American Slave Songs

|| we shall overcome || In the slavery song "We Shall Overcome," it says, "We sahll overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome someday. Oh deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday. We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand someday..." And the song continues to say how they will be free and they are not alone or afraid. These songs inspired people to keep moving forward and not give up because the time will come someday that they will be free. || || harriet tubman || Harriet tubman used music to communicate with the slaves that she was transffering to freedom. She used the song "Wade in the Water" to tell the slaves to get in the water and away from the trail they were following because there was searchers coming up with dogs. The music gave Harriet a confident way to communicate with the slaves. Any other way would not be as safe and she would be afraid, but with the music she was confident and sure of her way of commnication || || 3Follow the Drinking Gourd || This is a song that was sung to tell the slaves how to get to the north and to freedom || || 4 O Freedom! || O freedom was a song that stated that the African Americans would rather die and be free forever than to be a slave for a life time. || || 5 Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ' round || This song basically is saying that nobody can stop them from goig to the "freedom land or to the north where they will be free || || 6 Civil rights movement || The civil wrights movement would not be nearly as powerful if it didnt have music. The music gave the movement more spirit and power. ||
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http://flickr.com/photos/shavar/26072244/ http://www.ksu.ksu.edu/english/nelp/american.studies.s98/we.shall.overcome.html pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/music2.cfm http://flickr.com/photos/adriarichards/3311376170/ [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Just let the music give you strength!

In the song “We Shall Overcome” it says: “we shall overcome some day! Oh deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday. We’ll walk hand in hand. . .” And the song continues t o say how the slaves will be free someday and they stand together and are not afraid to stand up. In fact, I believe that it was the music that gave them the courage to stand up in the first place. Even Harriet Tubman found strength in music. She used it to communicate with the slaves. For example by singing “Wade in the Water” she meant for the runaways to get into the water because the searchers were coming with dogs and their scent could not be tracked be the dogs if they got in the water. The song gave her a confident way to communicate and she wasn’t afraid to sing. “Follow the Drinking Gourd” was another useful song. It was a song that instructed how to get to the north and to freedom. “O Freedom” was a song that stated that the African Americans would rather die and be free forever than to be a slave for a life time. This song said things that couldn’t be said directly. “Ain’t Gunna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round” basically stated that **Nobody** could stop them from going to them “freedom land” or the north where they would be free The civil rights Movement would not have been nearly as powerful if it didn’t have the music to go with it. Adding Music to the Movement gave their words more power and spirit.