Lucy McKim Garrison
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Lucy McKim Garrison was an American song collector, contributor to Slave Songs of the United States
. Her work in Port Royal, South Carolina
constitutes the first attempt systematically describe the characteristics of African American spiritual
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Slave Songs of the United States
Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music published in 1867. It was the first, and most influential, collection of spirituals to be published; the collectors were Northern abolitionists, William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison and Charles Pickard Ware. It is a...
. Her work in Port Royal, South Carolina
Port Royal, South Carolina
Port Royal is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Largely because of annexation of surrounding areas , the population of Port Royal rose from 3,950 in 2000 to 10,678 in 2010, a 170% increase. As defined by the U.S...
constitutes the first attempt systematically describe the characteristics of African American spiritual
Spiritual (music)
Spirituals are religious songs which were created by enslaved African people in America.-Terminology and origin:...
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