Maybe or Maybe Not but I Tried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thought About It Tooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Many may wonder why African American spirituals were written. Well an answer to this question would be: the slaves back then worked and worked all day long. If you notice, when you're doing some type of labor, you happen to hum a song or sing it. There was no music that they knew or could play so in the field they made up these spirituals. Not all of them were made this way, but the vast majority of them were.

I believe that Caucasian writers have taken over these rituals because they want the world to know that they have the knowledge to write about slave music. Ethos is established here because the caucasian authors want to emphasize that they have more knowledge than the original author who wrote it. They want to compose it in their own style and way to make it seem like were able to make something from black people. The primary audience would have to be other Caucasians who are inspired by these spirituals and maybe other authors who take interest in music. This audience would applaud the Caucasian author who "wrote" the piece and ask him to make another one.

Back then blacks did not matter to anyone besides being a slave. Slaves weren't allowed to be taught to read or write; so by taking credibility toward writing these spirituals,it shows toward the black community that we are unable to write good music without being able to read or write. I believe that it is wrong for others to plagiarize works of others but apparently since they are black it doesn't matter. If a black person came around and did the same thing in return, then he/she would get put in jail.