Gospel has roots in the spirituals that North American slaves sang while they toiled on plantations and as they escaped along the Underground Railroad. Although the relationship between Christianity and slavery is complex -- it is documented as having been both denied to captives and foisted upon them, depending on such factors as the U.S. laws that dictated their treatment and a slave owner's preference -- slaves nonetheless drew strength and hope from the faith that teaches such parables as Moses freeing the Hebrews from the pharaoh in Egypt. After a random conversation on 4chan, Manuel Gagneux — the Swiss-American musician behind gospel/black metal outfit Zeal & Ardor —...
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