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1. The document discusses the song "Go Down, Old Hannah" which originated as a slave song and was later adopted by prison inmates in the early 1900s during a period of re-enslavement of black Americans through unjust laws. 2. The song reflects the bitterness of imprisonment and references death in its lyrics. For prison inmates, it served as a communal song that united them against their captors. 3. The rhythmic call-and-response structure had practical benefits for coordinated labor like chopping trees,

Author

Christopher James

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EN