{"product_id":"songs-of-slavery-and-emancipation-paperback","title":"Songs of Slavery and Emancipation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMat Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin D. G. Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eKali Akuno\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known, their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some songs openly called for liberty and revolution, celebrating such heroes as Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, and, especially, celebrating the Haitian Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fight for freedom also included fugitive slaves, free Black people, and their white allies who brought forth a set of songs that were once widely disseminated but are now largely forgotten, the songs of the abolitionists. Often composed by fugitive slaves and free Black people, and first appearing in the eighteenth century, these songs continued to be written and sung until the Civil War. As the movement expanded, abolitionists even published song books used at public meetings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMat Callahan presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people explicitly calling for resistance to slavery, some originating as early as 1784 and others as late as the Civil War. He also presents long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some written by fugitive slaves and free Black people, challenging common misconceptions of abolitionism. \u003ci\u003eSongs of Slavery and Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e features the lyrics of fifteen slave songs and fifteen abolitionist songs, placing them in proper historical context and making them available again to the general public. These songs not only express outrage at slavery but call for militant resistance and destruction of the slave system. There can be no doubt as to their purpose: the abolition of slavery, the emancipation of African American people, and a clear and undeniable demand for equality and justice for all humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMat Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e is author or editor of five books including \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Critical Guide to Intellectual Property\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent projects include the republication of \u003ci\u003eSongs of Freedom: The James Connolly Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eby Irish revolutionary James Connolly; the recording and publication of \u003ci\u003eWorking-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song: A Songbook\u003c\/i\u003e; and the launch of the multimedia project Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, which includes this book, an album of song recordings, and a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45655250567270,"sku":"9781496840189","price":63.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ODNYQ2p5aHJRbytjREh3Mno1OFBjUT09.webp?v=1779576627","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/songs-of-slavery-and-emancipation-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}