Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Mary B. McRae Far from being a negative

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Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Mary B. McRae Far from being a negativeThroughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known, their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some songs openly called for liberty and revolution,