Christian Schultz, Jr., Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States, Volume II (New York, 1810), 197-198.
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Title
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Christian Schultz, Jr., Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States, Volume II (New York, 1810), 197-198.
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Includes music itself or text of song
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no
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Identity of singers; solo/group
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free?
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group
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Voice/instrument
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instrument
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drums
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Space/room
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street?
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activity
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alerting public in the street
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Geographical location
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Excerpt
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In the evening, on their return from the scene last mentioned, they may probably be attracted by the noise of a drum, which upon inquiry, they will be told is only a mode of giving notice to the public, that a performance at the theatre will commence in the evening!!! I heard a gentleman from the eastward exclaim, on returning from a Sunday tour through the city "O where are our selectmen of Salem"
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Context
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Schultz describes his walk through the town and his encounter with Black Americans. He said that the sound of a drum alerts the public of a performance in a theater.