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One reportedly coded Underground Railroad song is "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd". [1] The song's title is said to refer to the star formation (an asterism) known in America as the Big Dipper and in Europe as The Plough. The pointer stars of the Big Dipper align with the North Star. In this song the repeated line "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" is thus ...
"One Foot" is a song by American rock band Walk the Moon from their fourth studio album, What If Nothing (2017). It was written by the band members and songwriters Ben Berger , Ryan McMahon , and Ryan Rabin ; the latter three also produced the track with Mike Crossey .
Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] collection of spirituals to be published.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
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What we know about Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' album so far. The Civil War began in 1861, more than 30 years after the decade Swift references in the song. Slavery was still ...
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Although there had been slavery in Canada, an 1803 ruling by Chief Justice William Osgoode had set free many slaves, and the practice was completely abolished in 1834 following the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 in the British Parliament, which at the time still governed Upper and Lower Canada. This led to the development of the ...