Slave Songs of the United States

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Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential,^[1][2] collection of spirituals to be published. The collectors of the songs were Northern abolitionists William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison, and Charles Pickard Ware.^[3] It is a "milestone not just in African American music but in modern folk history".^[4][5][6][7] It is also the first published collection of African-American music of any kind.^[8]

The making of the book is described by Samuel Charters, with an emphasis on the role of Lucy McKim Garrison.^[9]

See also

• Songs of the Underground Railroad
• Jimmy Crack Corn

References

• Chase, Gilbert (2000). America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-00454-X. 
• Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04810-1. 
• Darden, Robert (1996). People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. 
• Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6. 
• National Conference on Music of the Civil War Era (2004). Mark A. Snell, Bruce C. Kelley (Eds.), ed. Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the Civil War Era. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1538-6. 
• Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03843-2. 

Notes

External links

• Full text on Internet Archive
• Remastered digital edition using LilyPond