jenny- underground railway assignment

2.) A spiritual is a song many black slaves would sing. It is also someone who prides themselves on following spiritual practices. They helped guide the slaves.
3.) the song "wade in the Water" is a spiritual song that depicts the life of a black slave. The lyrics describe the punishments of disobedience. the song also is said to have contained explicit instructions to fugitive slaves on how to avoid capture and to successfully make their way to freedom. This particular song allegedly recommends leaving dry land and going into the water as a strategy to throw pursuing bloodhounds off one's trail.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXqMQfpNSes
5.) the song "beautiful slave" by Take no Glory is a song about human trafficking but it shares many themes with the subject of slavery in America during the 19th century. Some lyrics are:

I don't know where I am

They've taken all that I had
smuggled in for a lucrative trade
beaten, bartered
broken in, until I obey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYU9meVXKg