{"product_id":"slave-songs-of-the-united-states-9781616403065","title":"Slave Songs of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Francis Allen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethnic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is... already becoming difficult to obtain these songs,\" editor WILLIAM FRANCIS ALLEN (1830-1889) wrote in the Introduction to the 1867 first edition of this extraordinary collection of \"negro\" spirituals. With his fellow American abolitionists LUCY MCKIM GARRISON (1842-1877) and CHARLES PICKARD WARE (1849-1921), Allen gathered songs from the post-slavery communities of Port Royal, South Carolina, to create this first published collection of African-American music. Among the 136 songs, included are: \"Roll, Jordan, roll\" \"Blow your trumpet, Gabriel\" \"The Lonesome Valley\" \"There's a meeting here to-night\" \"Hunting for the Lord\" \"Rain fall and wet Becca Lawton\" \"Jesus on the Waterside\" \"Build a house in Paradise\" and many others. A landmark work of music history, this is an essential text for anyone interested in American folk music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46882928099479,"sku":"9781616403065","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781616403065.webp?v=1770237114","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/slave-songs-of-the-united-states-9781616403065","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}