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Slave Songs of the United States Paperback - 1996
by Allen, William
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- Paperback
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Details
- Title Slave Songs of the United States
- Author Allen, William
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Applewood Books, Bedford, MA
- Date 4/1/1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9781557094346U
- ISBN 9781557094346 / 1557094349
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.56 x 5.52 x 0.42 in (21.74 x 14.02 x 1.07 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Folk songs, English - United States, Folk music - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95081112
- Dewey Decimal Code 783.675
First line
1. My brudder sit-tin' on de tree of life,
From the rear cover
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.