1. "Death's Gwineter Lay His Cold Hands on Me": Enslavement.

2. "God's A-Gwineter Trouble de Water": The Middle Passage.

3. "Dere's No Hidin' Place Down Here": Arrival.

4. "A Change is Gonna Come": Slavery in the Era of the American Revolution.

5. "We Raise de Wheat, Dey Gib Us de Corn": Conditions of Life.

6. "Like a Motherless Child": Childhood.

7. "Nobody Knows de Trouble I See": Family.

8. "Go Home to Be My Lord and Be Free": Religion.

9. "Oppressed So Hard They Could Not Stand": Punishment.

10. "My Lord Says He's Gwineter Rain Down Fire": Resistance.

11. "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd": Flight.

12. "The Walls Came Tumblin' Down": Emancipation.

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