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- Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad abstract "Songs associated with the Underground Railroad demonstrate that music has always been important in the heritage of African American people. This music can relay a story or bring people together in a common cause. In the slavery era, songs may have conveyed coded meanings to help bring the slaves to freedom. Such claims of coded messages in slave songs are popular and persistent, but the evidence is often muddled and the claims have been challenged by recent scholarship.".
- Songs_of_the_Underground_Railroad comment "Songs associated with the Underground Railroad demonstrate that music has always been important in the heritage of African American people. This music can relay a story or bring people together in a common cause. In the slavery era, songs may have conveyed coded meanings to help bring the slaves to freedom. Such claims of coded messages in slave songs are popular and persistent, but the evidence is often muddled and the claims have been challenged by recent scholarship.".