About this resource

This song would work well when combined with Strange Cargo. Perhaps played at the start of a lesson on the Middle Passage with Strange Cargo used after looking at other sources on the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Format

Song:  Folk, sea shanty ballad style about the transportation of slaves in the past.

Visuals: Historical images over dreamy seascapes.

Credits

Lead vocal : Mercy Matthewman
Fiddle : Tom Deam
Visuals : Peter S Smith

Words and music written by Paul Field

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