Compiled in Boston in 1848 by a man who had himself escaped from slavery, this cheap songbook was made for abolitionist gatherings. Each song is set to a familiar air, from “Am I Not a Man and Brother?” and “O, Pity the Slave Mother” to rousing numbers like “Get Off the Track,” which imagines emancipation as a locomotive.
A vital document of the antislavery movement by the first published African American novelist. Download the free EPUB.