IM SEEKING FOR A CITY_ROBERT D. TAYLOR JR

ROBERT D. TAYLOR JR (MY DADDY singing)
"I AM SEEKING FOR A CITY".
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Before the Civil War, the crime of helping slaves to escape, or even inciting them to escape was punishable by death. For this reason the slaves started to put coded messages into their songs, so that they could communicate in ways that the 'massa's' could not understand. Most common slave songs and still a gospel standard, provided literal escape instructions'. The lyrics of negro spirituals were tightly linked with the lives of their authors: slaves. While work songs dealt only with their daily life, spirituals were inspired by the message of Jesus Christ and his Good News (Gospel) of the Bible, "You can be saved". They are different from hymns and psalms, because they were a way of sharing the hard condition of being a slave.

Many slaves in town and in plantations tried to run to a "free country", that they called "my home" or "Sweet Canaan, the Promised Land". This country was on the Northern side of Ohio River, that they called "Jordan". Some negro spirituals refer to the Underground Railroad, an organization for helping slaves to run away.

Negro spirituals have been considered as being pieces of the American heritage. So, they are often in the programs of events reminding Black History.

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My Daddy so proud.....Made by my Sister Great Work!!!