The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87351   Message #1630090
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Dec-05 - 02:11 PM
Thread Name: happy? – Dec 18 (13th Amendment)
Subject: RE: happy? – Dec 18 (13th Amendment)
Two versions of "Slav'ry Chain" posted in thread 39232: Slavery Chain
The song seemingly originated at the Hampton Institute and first appeared in Nathaniel R. Dett, 1927, "Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro."