Origin Negro spirituals were songs that were a reflection of what black people were going through at the time. They started with slavery. Africans were
One of the earliest forms of religious music developed in black culture in America is the spiritual. The genre of music came out of slavery
Lets Get Spiritual! Colonizers managed to strip enslaved Africans of many things, but music was not one of them. Negro spirituals are songs created by
The Negro Spiritual “I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home This earthly
ORIGIN When Africans were enslaved they were not granted the freedom to express their own religious beliefs or non-beliefs. Instead, they were forced into
Where did Negro Spirituals originate? Dating back to slavery years in the United States, from the 1600’s through the 1870’s, African-American spirituals, also known as
Negro Spirituals: For Us By Us When Africans were brought to the United States for slavery they were forced to practice the religion of their
Origin of Negro Spirituals Negro Spirituals were songs created by the Enslaved Africans. It was a way for them to worship but, they also took
Origins In its most simple definition, a spiritual is a religious song composed and sung by black people during their time of enslavement. Like folk