Social science spirituals

 What are spirituals and what did people use them for? Spirituals were used for convening emotions whether it was sorrow joy or inspiration and sometimes they used them to escape from the slave owners. and they would also use them to get through their day on the fields.

who was Harriet Tubman and what was the underground railroad? Harriet Tubman was known as the mosses of her people. Because of her being enslaved then escaping then helping over people escape leading to the underground railroad. So what was the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a network of people black and white who offered shelter and aid to people who escaped from the south. They operated from the late 18th century to the civil war.

This is a spiritual about a way to escape from the slave owners. It says that while your escaping go through the river and make your way down the river. Because if they did that it will make the dogs that will be sent to find them harder because it would make it difficult for dogs to find them.  

Wade in the Water, wade in the water children.

Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.
Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

Chorus

Who are those children all dressed in White?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones of the Israelites.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

Chorus

Who are those children all dressed in Blue?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that made it through.

God’s gonna trouble the water.    

Now how are these events still significant today. 

These events are still significant because of the oppression of black people in America in some southern states and some cities like Arkansas which is just super racist