Jubilee Gospel

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In the later years of the nineteenth century, the world of black religion was in ferment. Breakaway sects began to found their own churches and followed the drift of black people from the country to the cities, resulting in the mass migrations from Southern oppression to a newer, but not always easier life in the industrialized cities of North America. Many of these churches were Pentecostal or ‘sanctified’ in nature, and ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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