"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

 

This song is representative of escaping the physical conditions of slavery because the slaves who were singing would rather be dead then be living in the conditions given by their masters. This can be concluded when they sing the first verse of the song. The overview of the song can be sought out to be hopeful and faithful because they are singing to God to bring the Chariot of Fire to them. They are hopeful to get out of the land they are in because of their poor physical and emotional state. The only way to get out of it though would be "going home" as they sing where "home" is Heaven.  The song is reflective of it's time period because it was written in the early 1900s and during that time the major problem was slavery and that was what the main focus of the world was on. It reflects that because these people are not only singing to go home to Heaven, but they could also be singing to go home to the land they come from. This relates to today because often times certain people talk about going home or the world being in the end times. In which case this applies to a majority of people, weather they are desiring to go home to a town or state they grew up in, or if they are hoping that Jesus will call them to Heaven soon to be with him. It doesn't as much reflect the desires to escape how exactly they are living. In way it is possible for "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" to foreshadow any reoccurring problems of the world.