The Songs of Slavery and Emancipation project presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. Some originate as early as 1800 and others as late as the outbreak of the Civil War. The project also includes long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some of which were written by fugitive slaves as well as free black people, challenging common misconceptions of abolitionism.
Check out this film documenting the creation of the collection of songs of Slave Rebellion and Resistance, and the Abolitionist Movement.
Listen and order your copy at:
jalopyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-slavery-and-emancipation
Order the accompanying book at:
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Songs-of-Slavery-and-Emancipation
For more information, contact:
Art in History and Politics, info [at] arthistorypolitics.com
