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Singing the Master
By Roger D. Abrahams
By Roger D. Abrahams
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Category: 19th Century U.S. History
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$27.00
Jan 01, 1994 | ISBN 9780140179194
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$27.00
Jan 01, 1994 | ISBN 9780140179194
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Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ONE “Ain’t You Gwine to the Shucking of the Corn?”
TWO Orders within Order: Cavalier and Slave Culture on the Plantation
THREE An American Version of Pastoral
FOUR Festive Spirit in the Development of African American Style
FIVE Signifying Leadership on the Plantation
SIX Powerful Imitations
Coda: Freedom Mighty Sweet
Notes
APPENDIX I: The Corn-Shucking Accounts
APPENDIX II: Accounts from Interviews with Ex-Slaves
Index
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