According to Du Bois “sorrow songs” play a big part in American American history. Sorrow Song is a musical composition that spoke of the suffering of enslaved Africans in the United States. These songs intended to allow the lyric poet to express the feelings of a people who were subjected to unjust treatment”. During slavery, African Americans were treated badly and unequally. They have been through so much, therefore, “sorrow songs” was one of the ways they could talk and express their feelings about their lives and the mistreatment they have been getting. These songs are significant because they show and tell the reveal the truth about slavery and how much black people suffer throughout their lives.

The song that I find most significant is My Lord What a Mornin’ by Harry Belafonte. This song expresses the hope that every slave was asking for. Waking up every morning asking and begging God for things to change “No more grief and pain for meI heard from Heaven today, Yes, my Lord’s gonna set me free I heard from Him today”. This song makes me so emotional and the voice shows the pain and fears they had every time they wake up.