Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 páginas A biography of the black singer and songwriter from South Carolina who is credited with introducing the blues, spirituals, protest songs, and other types of African American music to a worldwide audience. |
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... dancing , in Letitia Court , about 1730 ; and a few years later , when , in consequence of the religious fervor excited by the preach- ing of Whitefield , dancing - schools , concert- rooms , and play - houses were closed , there was ...
... dancing , in Letitia Court , about 1730 ; and a few years later , when , in consequence of the religious fervor excited by the preach- ing of Whitefield , dancing - schools , concert- rooms , and play - houses were closed , there was ...
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Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Dancing Assembly , whose lists run down . to our own day , was established in 1749 . Places in the dance were arranged by lot , and partners were engaged for the evening , " leaving nothing , " says the astute ...
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Dancing Assembly , whose lists run down . to our own day , was established in 1749 . Places in the dance were arranged by lot , and partners were engaged for the evening , " leaving nothing , " says the astute ...
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... dancing of Morton and his followers at Merry Mount was promptly stopped and their scandalous May - pole cut down ; yet there were others in New England who danced before the next century was old , as we find that Charles Bradstreet in ...
... dancing of Morton and his followers at Merry Mount was promptly stopped and their scandalous May - pole cut down ; yet there were others in New England who danced before the next century was old , as we find that Charles Bradstreet in ...
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... dancing and playing upon the harpsichord , although he stipulated that she should improve her mind by reading " The Whole Duty of Man " and " The Young Lady's Library . " That less in- structive literature than this sometimes fell into ...
... dancing and playing upon the harpsichord , although he stipulated that she should improve her mind by reading " The Whole Duty of Man " and " The Young Lady's Library . " That less in- structive literature than this sometimes fell into ...
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... dancing days were over , and , in verses ad- dressed to her upon her birthday , wondered how an angel would look at thirty - six ; but it was Miss Graeme , " Laura , " who satirized some of her reverend friend's foibles so cleverly in ...
... dancing days were over , and , in verses ad- dressed to her upon her birthday , wondered how an angel would look at thirty - six ; but it was Miss Graeme , " Laura , " who satirized some of her reverend friend's foibles so cleverly in ...
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