aven. Go Down, Moses was aimed towards the plantation owners and tells them to let their 'people' go. All songs that were sung by the slaves brought together the lord and them leaving the place that they dubbed as hell.Slavery in the United States was a very controversial subject ever since it began and continuing on until now. Some people say that it was necessary for slavery to happen otherwise crops in the south would not have been able to flourish as much as they did. Others say slavery caused hostility between the whites and the blacks which will never be forgotten. The end of slavery was a crucial time for America to allow blacks and whites to come together as one nation....