MSU-Meridian Publications and Scholarship
Abstract
Traces and challenges the popular claim that African American slaves used specific songs to facilitate their escape to the North and to freedom. Challenges the widespread use of such songs in K-12 education.
First Page
262
Last Page
280
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-5931.2008.00502.x
Publication Date
1-1-2008
College
MSU-Meridian
Department
MSU-Meridian - Division of Arts and Sciences
Keywords
coded language, slave narrative, internet, education, underground railroad
Recommended Citation
"Song, Story, or History: Resisting Claims of a Coded Message in the African American Spiritual 'Follow the Drinking Gourd.'" The Journal of Popular Culture 41.2 (2008): 262-80.
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