Spiritual (music)
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are religious (generally Christian) songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States.
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Famous quotes containing the word spiritual:
“There is spiritual laughter
Too hushed to be gay, too high: the happiness
Of angels.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)