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What did Frederick Douglass say about singing of the slaves

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“Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. Songs of the slaves represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears”
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It was a way for them to stick to their heritage and devise planes
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