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Gullah Spirituals
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Eric Sean Crawford
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-16 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

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In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors:
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-03-01 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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A valuable collection of folk music and lore from the Gullah culture, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands preserves the rich traditions of slave descendants
The Weeping Time
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Anne C. Bailey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is o
Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Sandra Jean Graham
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-26 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singe
Making Gullah
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Melissa L. Cooper
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-16 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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During the 1920s and 1930s, anthropologists and folklorists became obsessed with uncovering connections between African Americans and their African roots. At th