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Subject: RE: African-American Spirituals Permathread
From: masato sakurai - PM
Date: 02 Feb 04 - 09:49 AM

William E. Barton's three articles on spirituals, which are at Making of America (Cornell University):

Old Plantation Hymns
The New England magazine. / Volume 25, Issue 4 (Dec. 1898)

Hymns of the Slave and the Freedman
The New England magazine. / Volume 25, Issue 5 (Jan. 1899)

Recent Negro Melodies
The New England magazine. / Volume 25, Issue 6 (Feb. 1899)