For past few weeks we have been learning about slaves, how they tried to escape and there lives. Slaves would sing songs called spirituals. Most of the time these songs would have secret meanings like escaping.These songs were sang at thing called bush meeting which were basically churches for the slave Harriet Tubman helped thousands of slaves escape through secret tunnels. She was an ex slave who used music to transmit messages.
Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.
Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God’s gonna trouble the water.
This was a part of one of the songs she sung. The hidden message was go through rivers so dogs cant track your scent. This stuff is still significant today because of the black lives matter and black civil rights movements. They use slavery as points in their protests. This music also influenced just about all of the music genres.
Here is a map that I made showing the slave trade triangle, what happened to the slaves and the escape routes.
Hi Cody I like how you have shown your map where the slaves would get transported and .There a lots of facts about the map. Next time you should add picture of Harriet Tubman great work Cody keep it up
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