Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

On slave songs.

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Topic

Slave songs Slavery Liberation Music

Author

Frederick Douglass

Source

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Black activist Abolitionist Activist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies, edited by Henry Louis Gates. Library of America, 1994, ch. 2.

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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

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Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?

John Cage

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Music

Author

John Cage
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Cage, John. "Communication." Composition as a Process lecture series. 1958, Darmstadt, Germany.