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Category Archives: Lucy McKim
– Roll, Jordan, Roll: The Slave song Lucy McKim taught the world
Abstract : The article puts the spots on Lucy McKim, whose role in the documentation of the sounds of slavery is largely underestimated. The publication at her initiative of two slave songs in 1862 is situated against the historical context of the battle at and the experiment of Port Royal. The major significance of this […]
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