Let My People Go

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"Let My People Go" is a poetic sermon-piece by James Weldon Johnson, included in his collection *God’s Trombones*, that reimagines African American spiritual and biblical themes in elevated, sermon-like verse.

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Let My People Go canonical 3

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
sermon-poem ⓘ
alludesTo Book of Exodus ⓘ
associatedWith African American literature ⓘ
Christian literature ⓘ
author James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalContext early 20th-century African American religious life ⓘ
depicts Moses and the Israelites ⓘ
linked to: Moses and Pharaoh
firstPublishedIn God’s Trombones ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
hasTitle Let My People Go ⓘ
includedIn anthologies of Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ
collections of African American poetry ⓘ
inCollection God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse ⓘ
linked to: God’s Trombones
inspiredBy African American spirituals ⓘ
Black church preaching tradition ⓘ
biblical sermons ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
partOf God’s Trombones ⓘ
reimagines African American spiritual themes ⓘ
biblical themes ⓘ
style elevated rhetorical style ⓘ
sermon-like oratory ⓘ
targetAudience church congregations ⓘ
general readership ⓘ
theme African American religious experience ⓘ
African American spiritual tradition ⓘ
Exodus story ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
deliverance from bondage ⓘ
faith ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
usesDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
oratorical cadence ⓘ
rhythmic repetition ⓘ

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God’s Trombones → hasPart → Let My People Go ⓘ
The Prodigal Son → sharesCollectionWith → Let My People Go ⓘ
Let My People Go → hasTitle → Let My People Go ⓘ