Negro Spirituals, Slavery, and Black History

What are spirituals?

• are sacred folk music created and sung by enslaved African Americans, often in call-and-response style, and shared by oral tradition

• Slave songs sung in church and plantations where African Americans were enslaved

• Christian Songs African Americans used to create their own version.

• are sacred folk music

Negro spirituals were a way for African Americans to

(a)  

Why might African American slaves sung spirituals?

• Work music

• Secret Code

• Emotional Expression

• None of the above

• All of the above

What was the name of the woman who successfully smuggled over 300 slaves out of the South?

(a)  

What did the song "Wade in the Water," secretly relay to slaves (a)  

Negro Spirituals made musical innovations because of their

• call and response

• syncopation

• harmony

• acapella

In alphabetical order name 5 styles of music that negro spirituals influenced.

(a)  

In the language of the railroad, who helped slaves escape?

• Harriet Tubman

• Station Masters

• Passengers

• Conductors

In the language of the railroad, who ran safe houses?

• Conductors

• Station Masters

• Stations

• Passengers

What was another name for safe houses?

(a)