Songs of Slavery and Emancipation /

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"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
Main Author: Callahan, Mathew, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spirituals (Songs)
Slaves > Songs and music.
Slavery > Songs and music.
African Americans > Music.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Negro spirituals > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Slaves > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Slavery > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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 (234 pages).
ISBN:9781496840219

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