Introduction to Spirituals

What was the Underground Railroad?

• a railroad track that went through Canada

• a system of safehouses where slaves could travel to and stay

• a tunnel underground

In what way did slaves not use music?

• to entertain themselves

• to communicate with each other

• to make each other angry

• to help them with working

What was the civil rights movement?

• It was a movement when people were advocating for all Americans to have equal rights.

• It was a time when slavery was happening in the south.

African American folk songs called "Spirituals" were sung for many years after they were originally written.

• True

• False

Songs that slaves sung contained ___________ so they could communicate messages to each other without their master (owner) knowing.

• unknown words

• codes

• Spanish words

Where were slaves trying to travel on the Underground Railroad?

• North

• South

Slaves used songs to entertain themselves, to pass time, to communicate information, and to help them with working.

In what ways do you or your family members use music? How that is similar to or different from how slaves used music?