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This old Negro spiritual reminded an oppressed people that their struggles would eventually lead them to heaven. This is based on the vision Jacob had in Genesis of angels ascending and descending a ladder that stretched from heaven to earth. As "soliders of the cross" the song encouragedthem to not give up.

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