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Songs that have been sung by slaves are often referred to as “slave songs.”                              This title is not exactly right because it refers to spirituals, work chants, hymns,                            ballads of sorrow, protest songs, and humorous ditties. This title makes the                                 songs about rather than by the African Americans. Some of the names of these                        songs are: Nobody Knows The Trouble I See, I Am A-Trouble In The Mind, Darling                     Nellie Gray, I Can’t Stay Behind, Go In The Wilderness, Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel,                     Praise, Member, Go Down, Moses, Who Laid De Rail?, Wade In The Water, Jim                         Along Josey, Jump Jim Crow, The Blue-Tail Fly, Ole Zip Coon, Heave Away, All                            The Pretty Little Horses, Michael, Row The Boat Ashore, I Am sold and Going To                    Georgia, Charleston Gals, Raise A Ruckus Tonight, Nat Turner, Escape From Slavery                      Of Henry Box Brown, Harriet Tubman’s Ballad, Follow The Drinking Gourd, Many                          Thousand Gone, I Want to Go Home, Some Valiant Soldier, and Slavery Chain Done                 Broke At Last. These songs were written by the people who lived and suffered through                the slavery time. Here are some of the names of the people that wrote these songs:                  Richard M. Jones, Benjamin R. Hanby, John Jacob Niles, and Thomas "Daddy" Rice. A                       few of these singers were white. Not all slaves were black which is why even the songs that were written by white people are known as slavery songs.