Poor old slave

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: 1563.

• Item ID
  n0166
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano; chorus (SATB)
• Dedicatee
  S.B. Ball, the celebrated tenor of Ordway's Aeolian Vocalists
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1850-1859
• Publisher
  G.P. Reed
• Subject
  Society and Culture--Sentimental song
  Songs with piano
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  Afro-Americans
  slaves
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans--Men
  Slaves
• State of Publication
  Massachusetts
• City of Publication
  Boston
• Genre
  sheet music
• Arranger
  E.M.F.
• Title
  Poor old slave
• Refrain
  The poor old slave has gone to rest
• Composer
  Griffin, G. W. H. (George W. H.), 1829-1879
• Date
  1851
• First Line
  'Tis just one year ago to day
• Engraver
  Greene

• Copyright & Usage
  See the policy for this collection.