Negro Spirituals
What is a Negro Spiritual?
Negro Spirituals are religious music of African American slaves.
When did Negro Spirituals come to be?
The Great Awakening began in 1740 which was a period of religious revival that swept the American Colonies in the mid-eighteenth century. Which was the birthing of the Negro Spiritual.
Example 2 of a Negro Spiritual
Spelman College’s Glee Club performed ” Children, Go where I send thee” which is a Negro Spiritual.
