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The History and Reception of “Roll Jordan, Roll” | Music 345: Race, Identity, and Representation in American Music
Roll, Jordan, Roll" from 12 Years a Slave | Spiritual hymns like "Roll, Jordan, Roll" were a source of comfort and sense of community to enslaved Black Americans throughout the Civil War.
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Slave Songs of the United States: The Classic 1867 Anthology: Allen, William Francis, Ware, Charles Pickard, Garrison, Lucy McKim: 9780486285733: Amazon.com: Books
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William Francis Allen, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison, 1842-1877. Slave Songs of the United States.
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