Go Down Moses

Go Down Moses (2020 Recording) - Performed and Produced by Cynthia Liggins Thomas Go Down Moses (1937 Recording) - Performed by Marian Anderson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Down Moses is one of the most performed Negro Spirituals of all time. It’s most notably known for its use by Lady Harriet Tubman in her Underground Railroad Missions, and also during the Civil War era by the Contrabands at Fort Monroe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Based on Harriet Tubman’s own words, and a lot of other documentation about her freedom missions, we know she led about 70 people - family and friends - to freedom, in approximately 13 trips to Maryland. During public and private meetings between 1858 and 1859, Tubman repeatedly told people that she had rescued 50 to 60 people in 8 or 9 trips. This was before her very last mission, in December 1860, when she led 7 more people to freedom. In Sarah Bra