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“Fear gave speed to our steps”: Slavery’s Hauntings and the Long Lives of Plantation Geographies in Edenton, North Carolina
Description:
As antebellum slavery’s organizing logic was spatial discipline, the elasticity of “geographies of containment” mapped the daily understanding of the institution of racial slavery in …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Jenkins, Connor J. (creator)
Hamlin, Françoise (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
African Americans
Women, Black
Slavery
American history
Gender and sex
North Carolina
North Carolina--Edenton
Geography
Women's studies
Memory
Antebellum South
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The Zulu Hall of Fame
Description:
words by Billy Johnson; music by E.R. Ball
For voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: Billy Johnson, Gracie & Potter, Johnson & Dean
"To …
Year:
1902
Contributor:
Ball, E. R. (composer)
Johnson, Billy (lyricist)
Starmer (illustrator)
Johnson, Billy (performer)
Gracie & Potter (performer)
Johnson & Dean (publisher)
T. B. Harms Company (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African Americans > Relations with Africans > Songs and music
Zulu (African people) > Kings and rulers > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Zip Coon:
a famous comic song
Description:
as sung by all the celebrated comic singers with wonderful applause ; composed and arranged for the piano forte.
For voice and piano.
Caption title. …
Contributor:
Joseph F. Atwill (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Zip Coon:
a famous comic song
Description:
as sung by all the celebrated comic singers with wonderful applause ; composed and arranged for the piano forte.
For voice and piano.
Caption title. …
Contributor:
Joseph F. Atwill (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Zip Coon:
a famous comic song
Description:
as sung by all the celebrated comic singers with wonderful applause ; composed and arranged for the piano forte.
For voice and piano.
Caption title. …
Contributor:
Joseph F. Atwill (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Zip Coon:
comic song
Description:
as sung at the American theatre New Orleans ; arranged for the piano forte.
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
"Also known as Turkey in …
Year:
1834
Contributor:
John Cole (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Zip Coon:
a favorite comic song
Description:
sung by Mr. G.W. Dixon.
For voice and piano.
Cover title.
"Also known as Turkey in the Straw"--Early Amer. sheet music / Dichter, p. 53. …
Year:
1830
Contributor:
Dixon, G. W. (George Washington), 1795-1861 (performer)
James L. Hewitt & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Young Julius Crow:
a parody on "Low back car"
Description:
arranged & sung by the Campbell Minstrels.
For voices, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title.
Sung by: the Campbell Minstrels.
Additional verses: p. 5.
Cover …
Contributor:
Campbell Minstrels (performer)
William Hall & Son (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Marriage > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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The young folks at home
Description:
written by Frank Spencer; music by Miss Hattie Livingston
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title
"Written & composed expressly for Wood's Minstrels, Minstrel's …
Year:
1895
Contributor:
Livingston, Hattie (composer)
Spencer, Frank (lyricist)
Wood's Minstrels (performer)
T.S. Berry & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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The young folks at home
Description:
written by Frank Spencer; music by Miss Hattie Livingston
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title
Additional verses: p. 5
Year:
1854
Contributor:
Livingston, Hattie (composer)
Spencer, Frank (lyricist)
Berry & Gordon (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
The young folks at home
Description:
written by Frank Spencer; music by Miss Hattie Livingston
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title
"Written & composed expressly for Wood's Minstrels, Minstrel's …
Year:
1852
Contributor:
Livingston, Hattie (composer)
Spencer, Frank (lyricist)
Wood's Minstrels (Performer)
Gould & Berry (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Young Eph's lament, or, "Oh, whar will I go if dis war breaks de country up ..."
Description:
written by J.B. Murphy; and sung by S.S. Purdy
For voice and piano
Cover title
At head of title: 15th thousand!! The great song!! Revise, …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Murphy, J. B. (composer)
Purdy, S. S., b. 1836 (performer)
Endres & Compton (St. Louis, Mo.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Economic conditions > Songs and music
African Americans > History > 1863-1877 > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Young Bowshin's bride:
a pathetic ballad
Description:
as sung in the opera of "Shin de' Ella" or "Black fairy & leather slipper" by Mr. Sim. Clare ; words by T. Baines Haily …
Contributor:
Haily, T. Baines (lyricist)
Comer, T. (Thomas), 1790-1862 (arranger)
Brown, E. (illustrator)
Clare, Sim. (performer)
James L. Hewitt & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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You're all right but you can't ring in
Description:
words by Maurice Shapiro; music by Seymour Furth
For voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: John J. Cain
Advertisement for other music: p. [6] …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Furth, Seymour (composer)
Shapiro, Maurice A. (lyricist)
Hart, G. O. (George Overbury), 1868-1933 (illustrator)
Cain, John J (performer)
Consolidated Music Publishers Association (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Alcohol use > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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You'll have to choose another baby, now::
song and chorus
Description:
words by Billy Johnson; music by Bob Cole
For voice and piano
Caption title
Advertisements for other songs: p. [2 and 6]
Cover illustration: cartoon …
Year:
1907
Contributor:
Cole, Bob, 1868-1911 (composer)
Johnson, Billy (lyricist)
Howley, Haviland & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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You were never introduced to me
Description:
words and music by Nathan Bivins
Ragtime song for voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: Daisy Dumont
Advertisements for other songs: p. [1-8]
Cover …
Year:
1902
Contributor:
Bivins, Nathan (composer)
Dumont, Daisy (performer)
Howley, Haviland & Dresser (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Dumont, Daisy
African Americans > Songs and music
Ragtime music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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You may go, but this will bring you back::
(a coon prophesy)
Description:
words and music by Ben Harney
For voice and piano
Caption title
Advertisements for other music: p. [2, 7-8]
Cover illustration: drawing of Black man …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Harney, Benjamin Robertson, 1872-1938 (composer)
Hart, G. O. (George Overbury), 1868-1933 (illustrator)
F.A. Mills (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Marriage > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
You cant have your name upon my door
Description:
words by H.J. Breen; music by T. Mayo Geary
For voice and piano
Caption title
Dedicated to: Thomas K. Breen
Advertisements for other music: p. …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Geary, T. Mayo (composer)
Breen, H. J. (Henry J. ) (lyricist)
H. C. (illustrator)
F.A. Mills (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
Gamblers > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
You can't shake that shimmie here;:
song
Description:
lyric by Alex Rogers; music by Ford T. Dabney
For voice and piano
Caption title
Advertisements for other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: photograph of …
Year:
1919
Contributor:
Dabney, Ford T., 1883-1958 (composer)
Rogers, Alex (lyricist)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Jerome H. Remick & Co. (Detroit, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject:
Williams, Bert > 1874-1922
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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You can't join this show
Description:
words and music by Nathan Bivins
For voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: Claude Thardo, The Side-Wheeler
Advertisements for other songs: p. [2-6]
Cover …
Year:
1902
Contributor:
Bivins, Nathan (composer)
Dewey (illustrator)
Thardo, Claude (performer)
Howley, Haviland & Dresser (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Thardo, Claude
African American singers > Songs and music
African Americans > Employment
Popular music > United States
African American composers
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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