This choir of Freedmen performed concerts to raise money for their school. The Jubilee singers helped to preserve the songs of the American slaves. Slaves were not allowed the opportunity of literacy, so spirituals were not written. This resulted in many forgotten lyrics. escaping slaves during the antebellum era of the South...
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The West African culture traditionally used this style of singing in public gatherings and religious rituals (Wikipedia). A slave who wished to communicate with another would call out his thoughts or feelings using a song. In return, another would respond with a song. Hence, from an uprooted- African's need to communicate, a genre of music was created...
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