Spirituals music is a genre of music that African Americans used to hide secret messages. They were used mainly to tell that there might be an escape or a way to survive. It was important for slaves because when they were sung out of the blue it meant that it was the signal for them to leave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=v8frEt6w4G8&feature=emb_title
The song is about how people can escape slavery when the song is sung.
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