Negro spiritual

British  

/ ˈniːɡrəʊ /

noun

1. a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South

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Example Sentences

And all of that life is in their music, which, thanks to Dorsey’s innovation, weds the plaint, woe and human upside of the Negro spiritual with the rhythm of the blues.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Sometimes, Lewis fears that “we have lost our way,” and turns to a Negro spiritual sung during the movement: “I’m so glad trouble don’t last always.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2019

He was drawn to indigenous American forms, by which he meant the blues, the work song, the Negro spiritual and the show tune, and his compositions referred to those forms.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

Few if any in the audiences had ever heard a Negro spiritual before.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old Negro spiritual says, "Ezekiel saw a wheel 'way up in the middle of the air."

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.