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The sounds of slavery, discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech, Shane White and Graham White

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The sounds of slavery, discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech, Shane White and Graham White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-234) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sounds of slavery

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

56535187

Responsibility statement

Shane White and Graham White

Sub title

discovering African American history through songs, sermons, and speech

Summary

Includes compact disc (cd) of historic recordings

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 sermonsCD: "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

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