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Thread #81179 Message #1487047
Posted By: GUEST,Allen
18-May-05 - 02:31 AM
Thread Name: African American Secular Folk Songs
Subject: RE: African American Secular Folk Songs
Pretty complacent, no make that stupid, slave-owner that just ignores 'hollering in the field'. Remember that there was a constant fear of slaves rising. What I suspect they sometimes did was change a certain word or phrase. I also don't think slaves would be too happy about someone with a big mouth singing songs that were about escape while planning just that.