Slave songs of the United States
(2013)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Read Books Ltd., 2013
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781447486435 (electronic bk.) MWT11564491, 1447486439 (electronic bk.) 11564491
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 songs capture the feelings of their creators perfectly; 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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