Henry C. Knight, Letters from the South and West, 75
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Title
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Henry C. Knight, Letters from the South and West, 75
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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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enslaved children
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?
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Voice/instrument
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voice
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voice
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Space/room
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plantation
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activity
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Children singing and playing
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Timbre
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Ornamentation / improvisation
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genre
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Geographical location
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"a fine plantation on the banks of the Rappahannock." Virginia
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Notable adjectives
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"cheerful" "happy" "merrily"
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Excerpt
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Where they have kind masters, the slaves look cheerful, and happy; and do not labour harder than a free white labourer. The little ones, which in summer wear nothing more than a remnant of a shirt, and not infrequently go literally nude, and look like little imps, will yet be seen singing, and kicking, and wallowing about in the yellow sand right merrily.
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Context
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Knight is describing Virginia plantation life in a letter
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Bias of author
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Knight was an Episcopal clergyman from MA