Henry C. Knight, Letters from the South and West, 75

Item

Title

Henry C. Knight, Letters from the South and West, 75

Includes music itself or text of song

no

Identity of singers; solo/group

enslaved children
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Voice/instrument

voice
voice

Space/room

plantation

activity

Children singing and playing

Timbre

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Ornamentation / improvisation

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genre

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Geographical location

"a fine plantation on the banks of the Rappahannock." Virginia

Notable adjectives

"cheerful" "happy" "merrily"

Excerpt

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.

Context

Knight is describing Virginia plantation life in a letter

Bias of author

Knight was an Episcopal clergyman from MA

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