We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

For other songs called "Jacob's Ladder", see Jacob's Ladder (disambiguation) § Music.
"We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder"
White page of music notes and notation for a slave spiritual song
Sheet music to 1907 version
Song
Writtencirca 1750 CE to 1825 CE
GenreSpiritual

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder (also known as Jacob's Ladder) is an African American slave spiritual based in part on the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder. It was developed some time before 1825, and became one of the first slave spirituals to be widely sung by white Christians. A number of artists have recorded notable versions of it, and it was used as one of the main themes in the critically praised documentary The Civil War.