A Spiritual is a African-American song with a religious text. Traditionally monophonic and a capella, these songs are antecedents of the blues. They began on Southern slaveplantations as work songs[?], sometimes with hidden messages of rebellion and escape from the slaves' owners.
... 1796, 1800, 1804, 1808, 1812, 1816
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register (http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/scores.html#1804)
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