African American spirituals

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African American spirituals are religious folk songs created by enslaved African Americans that blend Christian themes with African musical traditions and served as expressions of faith, resistance, and hope.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
African-American spiritual "Go Tell It on the Mountain"	1
African-American spirituals	1

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African-American culture → hasReligiousExpression → African American spirituals ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American spirituals

We Shall Overcome → influencedBy → African American spirituals ⓘ

Songs My Grandma Sang → mainSubject → African American spirituals ⓘ

Go Tell It on the Mountain → titleOrigin → African American spirituals ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American spiritual "Go Tell It on the Mountain"