Slave songs of the United States [electronic resource]
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First published in 1867, Slave Songs of the United States represents the work of its three editors, all of whom collected and annotated these songs while working in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the Civil War, and also of other collectors who transcribed songs sung by former slaves in other parts of the country. The transcriptions are preceded by an introduction written by William Francis Allen, the chief editor of the collection, who provides his own explanation of the origin of the songs and the circumstances under which they were sung. One critic has noted that, like the editors' introductions to slave narratives, Allen's introduction seeks to lend to slave expressions the honor of white authority and approval. Gathered during and after the Civil War, the songs, most of which are religious, reflect the time of slavery, and their collectors worried that they were beginning to disappear. Allen declares the editors' purpose to be to preserve, "while it is still possible... these relics of a state of society which has passed away."
Title |
Slave songs of the United States [electronic resource] / edited by William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, Lucy McKim Garrison. |
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Edition |
DocSouth Books ed. |
Publisher |
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : distributed by University of North Carolina Press |
Creation Date |
2011 |
Notes |
Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth) Project. Originally published: New York : A. Simpson, 1867. English |
Content |
Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page About This Edition SLAVE SONGS OF THE UNITED STATES CONTENTS DIRECTIONS FOR SINGING Slave Songs of the United States I. SOUTH-EASTERN SLAVE STATES: INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND THE SEA ISLANDS. II. NORTHERN SEABOARD SLAVE STATES: INCLUDING DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND NORTH CAROLINA. III. INLAND SLAVE STATES: INCLUDING TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IV. GULF STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA: MISCELLANEOUS. EDITORS' NOTE |
Extent |
1 online resource (286 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010707398805171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- African Americans Music.
- Folk music United States.
- Folk songs, English United States.
- Spirituals (Songs) United States.
- Enslaved persons United States Songs and music.
- nne Slaves
- African American spirituals
- Afro-American spirituals
- nne Negro spirituals
- American folk music
- nne Folk music, American
- nne Hispanic American folk music
- African American music
- nne Afro-American music
- nne Afro-American songs
- Black American music
- Black music (African American music)
- nne Negro music
- nne Negro songs
- nne Topical songs (Negro)
- nne Topical songs (Negroes)
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