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Alabama coon:
sung by Nellie Richards
Description:
Printed on green paper.
Song in two eight-line stanzas with nine-line chorus.
Suggested range of dates from internal evidence; Nellie Richards appeared on New York …
Year:
1875
Contributor:
Richards, Nellie (performer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
English language > Dialects
African Americans > Poetry
Children > Poetry
Prejudices > Poetry
Alabama > Poetry
Local ID:
HB34512
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Friday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman washing window; dialect poem at upper right.
One of set of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37414
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Grand Bobalition of Slavery:
Grand and most helligunt Selebrashum of the Bobalition of Slabery in de Nited Tate ob Neu Englunt, and commonwet of Bosson in de country of Massa-chuse-it
Description:
Printed area measures: 42.2 x 24.2 cm.
Printed in three columns divided by type ornaments; between title and text, wood-engraving of a company of Afro-American …
Contributor:
African Society (Boston, Mass.) (creator)
Subject:
n-us-m
Phillis
African Society (Boston, Mass.)
African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston
African Americans > Societies, etc.
Antislavery movements > United States
English language > Dialects > United States
Festivals > Massachusetts > Boston
Boston (Mass.) > In literature
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Collection:
Brown University Library
Voyage of the Sally
Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice
Full Record
Grand Jubelum!!! Order 12f Annebersary ob Affricum Bobalition:
Copy of a letter from Cezar Blubberlip to his brother Cuff Crookshank, in the country
Description:
Printed area measures: 41.9 x 23.5 cm.
Printed in three columns divided by curvilinear lines; wood-engraving depicting occurrence described in satire at head of title. …
Year:
1827
Contributor:
Blubberlip, Cezar
Crookshank, Cuff
Subject:
n-us-m
Phillis
African Society (Boston, Mass.)
African Americans > Massachusett > Boston
African Americans > Societies, etc.
African American wit and humor
Antislavery movements > United States
English language > Dialects > United States
Festivals > Massachusetts > Boston
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Wood-engravings > African Americans
Boston (Mass.) > In literature
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Collection:
Brown University Library
Brown Olio
Full Record
Gumbo chaff
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by single line.
At head of text wood-engraving of dancing, fiddle-playing black man.
Text, without the music, of song in …
Year:
1827
Contributor:
Stoddard, Ashbel, 1763-1840 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Popular music > United States > Texts
English language > Dialects
African Americans > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
United States > New York > Hudson
Local ID:
HB12568
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Laffin Joe:
coon song
Year:
1918
Contributor:
King, Lewis C. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects > United States
Local ID:
HB1825
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Monday
Description:
Poetry
Printed on card stock
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman holding soap and washtub; dialect poem at upper right.
One of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
Local ID:
HB37410
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Raccoon hunt
Description:
Poetry and prose printed in two columns within border of type ornaments, divided by line of type ornaments.
Illustration of landscape with African American stalking …
Year:
1836
Contributor:
Hunt, James G. (bookseller)
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (Brown University)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Hunting > Anecdotes
African Americans
English language > Dialects > United States
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Satire, American
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB8270
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Raccoon hunt
Description:
Poetry and prose printed in two columns within border of type ornaments, divided by line of type ornaments.
Illustration of landscape with African American stalking …
Year:
1836
Contributor:
Hunt, James G. (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Hunting > Anecdotes
African Americans
English language > Dialects > United States
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Satire, American
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB8270 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Saturday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman bathing child; dialect poem at upper right.
One of set of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37415
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Sunday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of well-dressed Afro-American family; dialect poem at upper right.
Date from internal evidence.
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37416
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Thursday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman scrubbing door; dialect poem at upper right.
One of set of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37413
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Tuesday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman ironing sheet; dialect poem at upper right.
One of set of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37411
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Way down souf among de brakes:
song and chorus
Description:
Slave husband laments separation from his wife, sold by "ole Massa."
Year:
1850
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
English language > Dialects > United States
African Americans > Poetry
Enslaved persons > United States > Poetry
Love poetry
United States > New Hampshire > Manchester
Local ID:
HB11117
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Wednesday
Description:
Poetry.
Printed on card stock.
Illustration in color on gold ground of Afro-American woman scrubbing floor; dialect poem at upper right.
One of set of …
Year:
1880
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Soap > Poetry
African Americans > Poetry
English language > Dialects
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB37412
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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