Michael Overall: How an Oklahoma slave came to write one of the world's most famous songs | Homepagelatest | tulsaworld.com

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Michael Overall: How an Oklahoma slave came to write one of the world's most famous songs | Homepagelatest | tulsaworld.com

A slave owned by a Choctaw Indian wrote "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in an Indian Territory cotton field in 1840. Michael Overall traces the origin of the song and its global spread, all the way to the cheap seats of Twickenham's rugby stadium.

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