This video details the history of riverboat songs. Ranger Don highlights the music as they were sung on United States levees ...

When the Fisk Jubilee Singers first performed in the late 1800s, they sang ballads ... and strong faith of the African American slave. The following songs were recorded for use in the film ...

But it was through popular American music that railroads really made their mark. As tracks began to snake their way across the continent during the 1800s, songs were composed to hail the coming of ...