A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Spirituals is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, which merged sub-Saharan African cultural heritage with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through the domestic slave trade. Wikipedia

An African American song, usually with a Christian religious text Wikipedia Disambiguation

A music genre created by generations of African-Americans Wikidata

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song. Wiktionary