Homegoing

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Probably not.  Cf. the lyrics of the song from the Civil Rights era: "...And before I'll be a slave/I'll be buried in my grave/And go home to my Lord and be free."
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Joel S. Berson
Sent: Sun 3/9/2008 11:25 AM


Does "homegoing" come from an earlier belief among slaves that the
dead went back to Africa?

Joel

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