The Trouble I've Seen : The Big Book of Negro Spirituals

Foreword by Cain Hope Felder ix Introduction xi Map of North America in 1763 xv Chronology of Slavery xvi 1. The Terrible Ordeal of Slavery 1(25) Why the English? 2(5) "Ebony" The Infamous Traffic in A Progressive Institutionalization 7(2) The Eighteenth Century 9(2) The American Revolution 11(5) The Triumph of King Cotton 16(10) 2. The Conversion of the Slaves to Christianity 26(33) The African Religion of the Slaves 27(6) The White Mission 33(8) The Christian Justification of Slavery 41(4) The Answer of the Oppressed 45(6) The Conversion Experience 51(8) 3. The Faith of the Slaves 59(27) Biracial Worship 60(2) The Independent Churches 62(5) The Clandestine Prayer Meetings 67(3) From Shouting to the Ring Shout 70(4) The High Status of the Black Preacher 74(4) The Christian Religion of the Slaves 78(8) 4. What Is a Spiritual? 86(26) Song in West Africa 87(2) The Evolution of Religious Chant in White Churches 89(3) When the Slaves Began to Sing 92(4) The Birth of a Spiritual 96(6) A Syncretistic, or Crossbred, Phenomenon 102(2) The History of the Interpretation of the Spirituals 104(8) 5. From Suffering to Deliverance 112(32) Accursed Slavery 113(6) An Unequal Struggle 119(3) The Exaltation of Movement 122(7) Human Community and Christian Community 129(6) The Actual Experience of Freedom 135(5) The Fulfillment of Emancipation 140(4) 6. A Bible with an Exodus Flavor 144(22) The Drama of the World 145(5) The Symbols of Exodus 150(5) The Prophets of Liberation 155(4) The Men of the Gospel 159(3) The Women of the Gospel 162(1) The Words of the Sermon on the Mount 163(3) 7. The Almighty God and Jesus Crucified 166(32) The Almighty God 167(6) The Person of Jesus 173(7) The Celebration of Christmas 180(3) The Ministry of Jesus 183(1) The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ 184(7) The Angel of the Resurrection 191(3) And the Spirit? 194(4) 8. Destination: Heaven 198(28) The Cult of the Dead 199(7) The Struggle against Satan to Avoid Hell 206(5) The Colors of Heaven 211(8) Judgment Day 219(7) Conclusion 226(5) Appendix 1: An Anthology of 210 Spirituals 231(56) Appendix 2: A List of All the Spirituals Quoted 287(8) Appendix 3: The Thirty-Three Best CDs of Spirituals 295(2) Appendix 4: The CD Included with This Book 297