Here's a version of this "slave spiritual" from Roger McGuinn's Folk Den.
I didn't realize that Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Study of the ruins of Jericho combined with carbon dating have confirmed the timeline, around 1550 BC, for the Biblical account of Jericho and Joshua.
From the map you can see how Jericho's strategic position near the Dead Sea and the Jordan River made it an important city in the ancient world.
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