I’m glad to peer into a world that, though far away in time, clarifies the pains currently felt so very close to home.
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What should we care about some old songs by slaves?
What do you think harvest season was like for people enslaved for the purpose of working the land?
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From Nashville to Northfield: the Journey of an African-American Spiritual
The voices of an all-black ensemble were on a mission to save their school, and in the process pave the way for much of what Cantus sings, and for much of what many of us have come to love about American folk music.
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Nathan Bird 