You can actually visit the slave jail found in that very barn at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati! Dover (where it was found) is about 50 miles up the Ohio River, the building was relocated from there sometime after this article was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky_slave_pen
Thanks for this information! Although I felt I understood the gist of the song, I didn't realize it was based on a specific news article/situation.
Any thoughts about the call and response section? This sounds like an army marching cadence, possibly from the Civil War era, but it could also apply to slaves moving along the Underground Railroad.
You can actually visit the slave jail found in that very barn at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati! Dover (where it was found) is about 50 miles up the Ohio River, the building was relocated from there sometime after this article was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky_slave_pen
I’m so excited I found your stack!!!! Love this. What fun you are going to have over the years.
Thanks for this information! Although I felt I understood the gist of the song, I didn't realize it was based on a specific news article/situation.
Any thoughts about the call and response section? This sounds like an army marching cadence, possibly from the Civil War era, but it could also apply to slaves moving along the Underground Railroad.