Slaveowners forced their property to compose these ditties at gunpoint./s
And the slaveholder’s estate still collects royalties every time it is performed!!!
A very good performance;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot By Etta James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thz1zDAytzU
I like the intro in the Johnny Cash version.
And they all kickback to the old slavemaster!!!
I too had to sign away my rights each and every year at work plus an NDA!
Slavery. In the guise of spirituals, a rich tapestry of feeling sprouting from poverty and humiliation, it’s just exploitation and racism. Tear it down like Robert E. Lee’s statue. Let My People Go, indeed!/s
“I too had to sign away my rights each and every year at work plus an NDA!”
Oh, lawsy! You done violated yo’ NDA! Massa’s gonna whup you ‘til you ain’t got no back lef’!