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3 in all history". The slave felt
the meaning and significance of
God being present in all things and it follows
therefore that both the Old + New Testament
were sources from which the
slave drew upon in the creation of the
religious folk song. The
slaves could say to themselves
again let me quote from a famous
authority on the subject - "you are
not slaves, you are God's children
created in his image" It is no
small wonder that to even the most
weary, most beaten down slave -
this thought - this concept