Double entendres were essentially negro spirituals with double meanings. The objective of these songs was to encourage slaves to crave freedom and flea plantations. The spirituals also alerted other slaves, so that they could aid the runaway or join them before they fled. These songs usually consisted of biblical allusions along with words such as “run”, “go down”, “wade”, “chariot”, “wheel” “travel” etc. These allusions were often correlated to bible stories involving the deliverance from an evil, such as the stories of Daniel and Moses. These two aspects combined engendered a powerful code for an escape plan. For instance, lyrics such as “A band of angels coming after me, Coming forth to carry me home” were code for conductors of the Underground-railroad-“Band of Angels”-guiding slaves to freedom-“Coming forth to carry me home”. The duality in these songs reveals the ingenuity enslaved Africans in America possessed. The thought of metaphorically incorporating faith into secret codes for escape contributed to the mental strength of slaves deciding to flea. This was ingenious considering the fact that the mind was indeed the best way to combat the evils of the ignorance called slavery.