Faithfully recreating the music of slave organizers, freedom fighters, and abolitionists, a recent compilation sheds light on the politics of collective liberation at the root of 19th-century American ...

Mat Callahan is a musician and insurgent historian whose latest project is, “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation.” The book and double-album were released on June 17 by Jalopy Records in New York and a ...

BEREA — Dr. Kathy Bullock and Friends will perform the “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation,” a powerful composition originally written and sung by enslaved people in hopes of freedom on Sunday, Sept.

Though he recognized their revolutionary undercurrent, W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), the brilliant, still influential Black sociologist, poignantly called American spirituals the “Sorrow Songs.” He also ...

Over a Beatlesesque chord progression and lazy ska beat, Bob Marley’s voice — mellow and trustworthy — assures us, “In high seas or in low seas/I am going to be your friend.” The opening line of ...

Much has been written about St. Louis’ slave history. The study of census tracts of the times notes the city’s rapid growth of Black slaves increased from 268 in 1799 to 2,656 by 1850. A mere 30 years ...

Jane Johnson emancipated herself and her children by walking away from her former "master", John Hill Wheeler, into the free city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Public domain via Wikicommons Colonel ...

“The Journey to Freedom” sculpture in South Carolina depicts Harriet Tubman protecting a child slave and guiding them to freedom. The Florida Department of Education recently certified standards for ...