Title In their own words : slave life and the power of spirituals / Eileen Guenther.

Publication Info.	Saint Louis, Missouri : MorningStar Music Publishers, [2014]
	©2016

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML3556 .G84 2016	Available

Description	xxv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-473) and index.
Contents	Origins of spirituals -- Musical characteristics and performance practice -- The Maafa and the history of slavery -- Antebellum slave narratives and interviews -- Witness : slave testimonies -- Christian religion and slavery -- Slave religion : the tertium quid -- The big house and the master -- Life in the slave quarter -- The most vulnerable -- Work -- Rituals in slave life -- Sold down the river -- Slave control -- Slave rebellion -- Escape -- Spiritual after the Civil War -- Themes of spirituals -- Slavery and spirituals : a synopsis.
Subject	Spirituals (Songs) -- History and criticism.
	Spirituals (Songs)
	African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
	African Americans -- Music.
	Slavery -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
	Slavery.
	United States.
	Slavery -- United States -- History.
	History.
	African Americans -- History.
	African Americans.
	Slavery -- Songs and music.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
ISBN	9780944529713 (paperback)
	0944529712 (paperback)
Standard No.	688670090523
Music No.	MSM-90-52 MorningStar Music Publishers