According to Du Bois, what is the significance of what he calls the “sorrow songs” to African-American history and culture?

The ” Sorrow Songs’ as Du Bois describes them, are a microcosm of the achievements of African  descendants  in America. These songs which like their compsores, have been refined by their fires of American slavery injustice and oppression.

Which of the songs featured in this chapter is the most significant, in your opinion, and why?

According to me the song ” You may bury me in the east” is the most significant song. Their pain was conveyed by  each term. They conveyed in these song that their lives and death were both unknown  and contingent on their liberty.