the spirituals was as communal songs sung in a religious gathering, performed in a call-response pattern reminiscent of West African traditional religions. African American spirituals , African-Americans would sing it for hope & their sorrows , while in their slavery .

Harriet Tubman was one of the most known as escaping slavery to become a leading abolitionist . she saved hundreds & thousands of slaves , the underground railroad was where Harriet Tubman led them to get them to freedom , and she never lost a "passenger .

- in wade in water .

 in the water

Wade in the water
Children wade, in the water
God's gonna trouble the water
Who's that young girl dressed in red
Wade in the water
Must be the children that Moses led
God's gonna trouble the water - was a a song but it had messages for the African-Americans in slavery , so she could talk to the slaves & help them escape underground railroad

how are these events still significant today? because a lot of people are talking about it & they still are , one of the most known history .