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Martin Luther King Jr once said in a Birmingham jail that freedom is neer voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed. For hundreds of years slavery was a must have in different split of the world including Spain, Portugal, England, Netherlands, parts of South America, America and even the mother country Africa. Who wouldve imagined by and by more than 250 years of slavery, after all the violence between whites and blacks, after all the bloodshed for American dream, freedom would come in a form of a song non just any song, Negro weird songs sung by African Americans living in the South. Crazy huh Many African Americans news leakd the wrath of the white oppression in the south and travel up north for a better chance at life and to continue the heritage of your ancestors. Yes, youre a runa appearance slave too, but rather of running away from distress, youre learning the techniques of overcoming it as your ancestors did when white power was the superi or denomination in America in the 19th Century.During the 1900s slaves were plotting their dodging to the north, blacks were tired of being injustice people in the United States. They wanted to be free, but there was one problem in achieving that challenge, whenever they tried to escape the south, they always found themselves walking back to their masters plantation because they were thinking about the approaching consequence they would receive if they were caught escaping to the North. During the 1900s the only way a black slave could ever head north, was for business reasons for their master, they would deliver supplies or letters to other slave masters in the upper southerly region of the United States and return back to their plantations. Many African Ame... ...te slave masters, and Moses represented God coming downward and delivering them from bondage. Go down MosesWay down in Egypt landTell ole PharaohTo let my people goWhen Israel was in Egypt landlet my people goOppresse d so hard the could not standLet my people goThus spoke the Lord, bold Moses saidIf not, Ill smite your first born deadLet my people goAnother famous Negro Spiritual song used by the African Americans was follow the drinking gourd vine. The drinking gourd represents a star that helped slaves escaping at night, determine which way is north or if you were heading in the right direction to freedom. There were others ways to determine if you were heading north or not. The North Star was the second option for slaves heading north at night. The North Star never moved, it stayed in the similar spot in the sky which made finding north a little easier.