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Thread #17760   Message #1487692
Posted By: GUEST,Joel Bresler
18-May-05 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Meaning: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Subject: RE: Origins: Follow the Drinking Gourd meanings
On 04 Mar 05 - 05:50 PM Q wrote:



>Parks (in the article posted above by 'Guest'), repeats the anecdote about a peg leg man, a story which, following emancipation, was spread widely and appears in the song

I would be interested in any anecdotes about a peg legged abolitionist, especially one working in the South. Citations would be welcome.

Thanks!

Joel