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Author White, Shane.

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

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.0496 WHI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 WHITE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.0496 WHITE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 W58    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  973 WHI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  973.04 WH    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 241 pages ; 23 cm + sound CD-Rom (4 3/4 in).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-234) and index.
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.
Subject Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Songs and music.
Aural history -- Southern States.
Southern States -- Social life and customs.
Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Language.
Oral communication -- Southern States -- History.
Songs -- Southern States -- History.
Plantation life -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Southern States -- History.
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Social life and customs.
Added Author White, Graham J.
ISBN 0807050261 alkaline paper
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