What is the rhythm of Go Down, Moses?

At God's command it did divide, When they had reached the other shore, They let the song of triumph soar. This new setting of the traditional spiritual Go Down, Moses uses ostinatos and pulsing rhythms to build a sense of musical urgency.

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Where did Go Down, Moses originate?

"Go Down Moses" is believed to have been written around 1800 by slaves inspired by the biblical story of the Jews' liberation from slavery in Egypt. How the song became part of Passover is a story of cultures with parallel and intersecting histories. How did slaves lose their native language? In most cases, the languages were beaten out of them (part of a process slavers called "seasoning"). Sometimes slavers would slit their tongues to keep them from being able to communicate amongst each other. In other cases, enslaved Africans preserved their languages in various forms.

And another question, how did slaves talk to each other?

Through singing, call and response, and hollering, slaves coordinated their labor, communicated with one another across adjacent fields, bolstered weary spirits, and commented on the oppressiveness of their masters. People also ask what is a group of slaves called? Coffle ? A group of enslaved individuals transported together for sale.

Subsequently, what did slaves do to get punished?

Slaves were punished for not working fast enough, for being late getting to the fields, for defying authority, for running away, and for a number of other reasons. The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation. How did slaves know which houses were safe? The Underground Railroad was a secret system developed to aid fugitive slaves on their escape to freedom. The safe houses used as hiding places along the lines of the Underground Railroad were called stations. A lit lantern hung outside would identify these stations.