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In the African American culture, "Sorrow Songs" are literally songs from the souls of black folk. These songs served as a device for self expression within the slaved population. There was no education for those enslaved and this was one way they were able to express themselves. Some of the songs are even "welled up from black souls in the dark past" (895). These songs start with despair, but by the end there is an array of hope. This is symbolic of the life of the slaves. The songs were used to describe the suffering that they went through and the hope they eventually felt

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