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Songs of slavery and emancipation /

"This project presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. Some originate as early as 1800 and others as late as the outbreak of the Civil War. The project also includes long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some of whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Callahan, Mathew, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This project presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. Some originate as early as 1800 and others as late as the outbreak of the Civil War. The project also includes long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some of which were written by fugitive slaves as well as free black people, challenging common misconceptions of abolitionism"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
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