Lighter, I think you are right about the "1854" business in that bibliography. That solves one mystery. I still want to take a look at it and see what the relationship may be between this WPA ex-slave narrative and the Lomaxes.

That's a wonderful account the "O Shanadoa". Of course that's the one spelling I didn't try! Here's the link I found:

http://books.google.com/books?id=NC4mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=%22Oh,+Shanadoa,+I+longs+to+hear+you.&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22Oh%2C%20Shan