Music Through Time

                                        Music Through Time 

This week for Social Study, Our task was to find a song and explain how they had a hidden message to help the slave free. A long long time ago when the slave was still going they used the song to communicate with each other, but also the song that they're singing can't understand the European. 

The song helps the slave to give them hope and uplift themself.  Songs are also used for church, funerals and other things like a wedding. Sometimes the way slave relay secret message to help them scape is by also singing a song. 

Who is Harriet Tubman?

Harriet Tubman was a girl who escapes slavery and helped thousand of slave escape. She did that by leading them to the Underground Railroad. She was born in  Dorchester County, Maryland, United States and died on the 10th of March 1913. 

Slavery ended in April 1865 when the slave said they need to end this slavery. The civil war started and killed a bunch of slaves, but in the end, they have ended slavery. 

Wade in the water
Wade in the water
Children wade, in the water
God's gonna trouble the water
Who's that young girl dressed in red
Wade in the water
Must be the children that Moses led
God's gonna trouble the water

Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water

Who's that young girl dressed in white
Wade in the water
Must be the children of the Israelite
Oh, God's gonna trouble the water

Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water

Who's that young girl dressed in blue
Wade in the water
Must be the children that are coming through,
God's gonna trouble the water, yeah

Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water

You don't believe I've been redeemed,
Wade in the water
Just so the whole lake goes looking for me
God's gonna trouble the water

Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water

This song has a lot of meaning to it, for example, God's gonna trouble the water. That means when they go in the water all the smells that they have will be gone so the dogs and other Europeans cant smell them if they're scaping. 

How is the event still significant today?

From my perspective the event is still significant today because rasism is still in this world. Some people doesen't care others so what they do is say other words to them or be rasis. I think we can stop rasism if we try to take care of each other because our world need peace.