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The sounds of slavery : discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech Shane White and Graham White
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks USouth E 443 .W59 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Shane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social life and customs.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Songs and music.
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Language.
- Songs--Southern States--History.
- Songs.
- Oral communication--Southern States--History.
- Oral communication.
- Plantation life--Southern States.
- Plantation life.
- Southern States--Social life and customs.
- Southern States.
- Slavery--Social aspects--Southern States--History.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Southern States--History.
- African Americans.
- Aural history--Southern States.
- Aural history.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 241 p. ; 23 cm + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.
- Contents:
- The lords of sounds
- "All we knowed was go and come by de bells and horns"
- "To translate everyday experiences into living sound"
- "De music [of the slaves] make dese Cab Calloways of today git to de woods an' hide
- "Sing no hymns of your own composing"
- "He can invent a plausible tale at a moment's warning"
- "Boots or no boots, I gwine shout today!"
- "When we had a black preacher that was heaven"
- Sountracks of the city: Charleston, New York, and New Orleans.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807050261 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 56535187
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