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The lyrics by Francis Scott Key were written in 1814 and set to the popular tune by John Stafford Smith.
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Despite the Supreme Court ruling that the indigenous people could not be forced to leave their homelands, Andrew Jackson forced around 100,000 people to leave their homes and move to reservations across the country. This caused the death of thousands of people.
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Previously, this music was not written down or recorded in any way because white people viewed the music and the enslaved people as not worth the consideration. It was the first publication of African-American spirituals.
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"Allons à Lafayette" ("Let's Go To Lafayette") was the first Cajun song to be recorded.
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This was the first time that American Ballads were written down and made publicly available in widespread print.
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