Slave Songs of the United States

Slave Songs of the United States
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Publisher : Applewood Books
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781557094346
ISBN-13 : 1557094349
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Slave Songs of the United States by : William Francis Allen

Download or read book Slave Songs of the United States written by William Francis Allen and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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