Up From Slavery

Why did he wait so long to reveal the coded language of the blakc songs?

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Supporters of the Underground Railroad used words railroad conductors employed everyday to create their own code as secret language in order to help slaves . Some of the langiage came in the form of songs. I think Wadshington wanted to keep this hidden so more slaves could be saved.