| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:music 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | African American spirituals 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Underground_Railroad slavery
 
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                                | gptkbp:culturalSignificance | gptkb:activist African American heritage
 
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                                | gptkbp:developedBy | gptkb:African-American 
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                                | gptkbp:firstPublished | gptkb:Slave_Songs_of_the_United_States 1867
 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalPeriod | gptkb:19th_century 18th century
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | blues jazz
 gospel music
 soul music
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | Christian hymns African musical traditions
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | English 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCollection | gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois gptkb:Fisk_Jubilee_Singers
 gptkb:John_Wesley_Work_Jr.
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableSong | gptkb:Go_Down_Moses gptkb:Nobody_Knows_the_Trouble_I've_Seen
 gptkb:Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot
 gptkb:Steal_Away
 gptkb:Wade_in_the_Water
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:performanceContext | call and response a cappella
 group singing
 
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                                | gptkbp:recognizedBy | gptkb:Library_of_Congress gptkb:UNESCO
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:choral_music gptkb:folk
 gptkb:oral_tradition
 African American history
 protest songs
 Black church
 coded messages
 
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                                | gptkbp:theme | freedom hope
 suffering
 deliverance
 faith
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | 2019 nomination 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Helen_Tamiris gptkb:Moses_Hogan_Chorale
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Negro Spirituals 
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