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The sounds of slavery

discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech

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An edition of The sounds of slavery (2005)

The sounds of slavery

discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech

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Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Pages
241

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Table of 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"
Soundtracks of the city: Charleston, New York, and New Orleans
Soundtracks of the city: Richmond in the 1850s
Epilogue: The sound of freedom
Notes
The sounds of slavery: Recordings of African American field calls, songs, prayers, and sermons.
CD: "Arwhoolie" holler / Thomas J. Marshall
Levee holler / Enoch Brown
Field holler / Roosevelt "Giant" Hudson
"Oh if your house catches fire" levee camp holler / Willie Henry Washington
"Roxie" / Convicts, Mississippi
"New buryin' ground" / John Brown and African American convicts
"Long hot summer day" / Clyde Hill and African American convicts
"Go preach my gospel" / Deacon Harvey Williams and the New Zion Baptist Church congregation
"Jesus, My God, I know his name" / Willie Henry Washington, Arthur Bell, Robert Lee Robertson and Abraham Powell
"Go to sleep" / Florida Hampton
"The buzzard and the cooter" / Demus Green
"Prayer" / Rev. Henry Ward
"Run, old Jeremiah" / Joe Washington Brown and Austin Coleman
"Job, Job" / Mandy Tartt, Sims Tartt and Betty Atmore
"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" / Cilfford Reed, Johnny Mae Medlock and Julia Griffin
"Have mercy, Lord" / Mary Tollman and the Rev. Henry Ward
"The unusual task of the gospel preacher" / Rev. Harry Singleton
"The man of calvary" / Sin-Killer Griffin.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Published in
Boston
Series
African American music reference

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973/.0496073
Library of Congress
E443 .W59 2005eb

The Physical Object

Format
[electronic resource] :
Pagination
1 online resource (xxii, 241 p.
Number of pages
241

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27088459M
Internet Archive
soundsslaverydis00whit
ISBN 10
0807050288
ISBN 13
9780807050286
OCLC/WorldCat
173898736

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