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Forgotten Books, 2018-11-17. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Forgotten Books, 2018-11-17. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Cincinnati: Marshall W. Taylor and W. C. Echols, 1882. First Edition. 6.5 x 4.5", original green cloth with gilt cover illustration depicting "Slavery Days," "Freedom Days" and a "Freedman's School," [6], [1]-7, [1], VI, [9]-262, [2] pp, numerous musical scores. First edition of "The first collection of revival songs (now termed spiritual songs) by a black editor" and "the second hymnal produced by an African American for African American worshippers," featuring contributions by the author's "family and congregations (Union Chapel in Ohio)" who helped with "the collection, selection, and arrangement of the hymns" (Price, "Encyclopedia of African American Music," 76). Taylor himself was born to free parents in Louisville, Kentucky, and spent most of his life in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, working as a a teacher of African American students, and as the first African American editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate. He also tried his hand at publishing, and is listed as a co-publisher of this… Leer más