Author: MARSH J B T
Title: The Story of the Jubilee Singers: With Their Songs
Description: London, Hodder. 1886, New edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. new edition completing 120 thousand, blue cloth with black and gilt decoration, rubbed edges, tail of upper joint split, corners starting to fray, copper[late inscription to fep 'E Wignall, Magnetic St, Port Chalmers' repeated on reverse of the frontis in pencil sans address, the frontis is an actual photographic exposure pasted onto the page, tissue guard intact, some light foxing or soiling to pages, (vi) 265pp, includes the songs at the rear, the students of Fisk University, recently freed from slavery, became famous as singers and raised funds world wide for the University. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: American Gospel Singers Negro Black African Afro-American New Edition American South CIVIL War Slave Slaves Slave Trade Manumission


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