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
?
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