Sorry Barry I can't understand what you're talking about. Whites didn't understand slavery? Nor "Uncle Tom's Cabin" nor the Civil War? Puritan colonists were treated less harshly than those who invaded England, like the Danes, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Normans &c.? Here in New England aboriginal song & culture gets plenty of stage time from what I can see. The neat thing about an interest in old songs is that it can be a focal point in the study of history and social conditions. But some people should maybe spend less time singing and more time reading. I think that "they" understood far better than "we".