During Slavery, African Americans were banned from meeting up for worship and church services without the supervision from whites. Because they were not allowed to
The background history of Negro Spirituals and Hymns What is a Negro Spiritual? A Negro Spiritual is a genre of music particularly composed by
Spirtuals vs Hymns Spirituals were the religious music of the African enslaves from the beginning of the 18th centenary until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865.
Negro Spirituals and Hymns In the early 1740’s, the period of spiritual awakening, also known as the great awakening, gave birth to
Spirituals vs. Hymns Introduction Spiritual and hymns play a big role in African American music and culture. It demonstrated how enslaved African Americans would use
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
