Fisher, Miles Mark; Negro Slave Songs in the United States
NEW YORK, THE CITADEL PRESS, 1969 2ND PAPERBOUND, PAPER BACK
Overall Condition is: GOOD
With a Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. Pictorial cover: mild book, shelf, edge wear, rubs, few soil marks, some discoloration. Interior: bookplate from the previous owner on the front inside cover. Cover excerpt, The songs and spirituals of the American Negro are recognized as unique and valuable contributions to the world. What few people have known, however, is that the Negro spirituals and songs of the antebellum South were more than simply musical expression. They were, in Dr. Fisher's words, the oral historical documents of a people.
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