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Negro spiritual

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Negro spiritual [ˈniːgrəʊ]
n
(Music, other) a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
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Noun1.Negro spiritual - a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
religious song - religious music for singing


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s cross pollination, suddenly when you sing it at a peace rally; the song is not a Negro spiritual anymore-it?
of an army of bones, walking out of the Atlantic, reawakened 'Dem Bones' of the old Negro spiritual.
Robeson was the first major concert star to popularise the performance of Negro spirituals, and was also the first black actor of the 20th century to portray Othello on Broadway.
 
 
 
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