Here is the third verse of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (refer to your textbook page 188 for the full text)

If you get there before I do,

Coming for to carry me home,

Tell all my friends I'm coming too,

Coming for to carry me home.

What is the coded-meaning of this verse?


A) The speaker is asking his friends to come with him to climb the staircase to heaven

B) The speaker identifies with the prophet Elijah who was carried to heaven in a chariot at the end of his time on earth

C) The speaker is asking a fellow freedom seeker to tell his friends that have already escaped that he will be joining them soon.

D) The speaker is asking to be carried in his coffin to his home in heaven