| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 493 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-474), and index. |
| Contents |
1. God's own time : Ella Sheppard : 1851-1865 -- 2. From every graveyard : slavery : 1860-1865 -- 3. By the thunder : Nashville : 1860-1865 -- 4. Can't you read? : Joseph Gillespie McKee : 1862-1865 -- 5. We'll overtake the army : Nashville : 1864-1866 -- 6. The angels changed my name : Fisk : 1866-1868 -- 7. Gideon's band : country schools : 1867-1870 -- 8. Hard trials : Fisk University : 1867-1870 -- 9. Getting ready to die : the mission : 1870-1871 -- 10. Listen to the angels : Nashville : 1866-1871 -- 11. Inching along : the first tour : October-December 1871 -- 12. The golden street : New York : December 1871-January 1872 -- 13. Get on board : New England : February-March 1872 -- 14. Old ship of Zion : Washington, D.C. march 1872 -- 15. I ain't got weary yet : homecoming : March-May 1872 -- 16. I've just come from the fountain : the second tour : May 1872-May 1873 -- 17. In bright mansions above : London : April-May 1873 -- 18. At the welcome table : London : May-July 1873 -- 19. There's room enough : Britain : July-December 1873 -- 20. Let me get up : England to America : December 1873-May 1874 -- 21. No cowards in our band : Nashville : September 1872-January 1875 -- 22. Send them angels : the third tour : January-October 1875 -- 23. No backsliding : Scotland and Ireland : November 1875-June 1876 -- 24. Sweet Canaan : Switzerland and Holland : June 1876-February 1877 -- 25. Ain't goin' lay my mission down : England and Germany : March-November 1877 -- 26. Almost home : Germany : November 1877-July 1878 -- 27. Want to cross over : the last tours : July 1878-1903 -- 28. Steal away. |
| Subject |
Jubilee Singers.
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African American musicians -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0374187711 (alk. paper) |
|
9780374187712 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 1644430 |
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NZ1 5499551 |
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AU@ 000021316471 |
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