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2. Spirituals - Wikipedia

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   Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, [1] Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, [2] [3] [4] which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade [5] and for centuries afterwards, through ...

3. Category:American Christian hymns - Wikipedia

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   African-American spiritual songs (53 P) C. ... Pages in category "American Christian hymns" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.

4. Black Gospel music - Wikipedia

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   Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...

5. Category:African-American spiritual songs - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "African-American spiritual songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

6. Traditional black gospel - Wikipedia

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   Some spirituals were also used to pass on hidden messages; for example, when Harriet Tubman was nearby, slaves would sing "Go Down, Moses" to signify that a 'deliverer' was nearby. At this time, the term "gospel songs" referred to evangelical hymns sung by Protestant (Congregational and Methodist) Christians, especially those with a missionary ...

7. Gospel music - Wikipedia

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   A Choice Collection of Hymns and Tunes. It was used to describe a new style of church music, songs that were easy to grasp and more easily singable than the traditional church hymns, which came out of the mass revival movement starting with Dwight L. Moody, whose musician was Ira D. Sankey, as well as the Holiness–Pentecostal movement. [3]