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Slave Songs of the United States

Slave Songs of the United States

by Garrison, Lucy
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Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad strains tell, as the sufferers themselves could, of crushed hopes, keen sorrow, and a dull, daily misery, which covered them as hopelessly as the fog from the rice swamps. On the other hand, the words breathe a trusting faith in the life after, to which their eyes seem constantly turned.

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BrandApplewood Books
Pub dateApr 1, 1996
ISBN-101557094349
ISBN-139781557094346
Paperback168.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.5 × 0.42 × 5.5 in
Weight2 lb
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