Description

This spiritual was included in the 1928 edition of "Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals" by Carl Diton, on page 38, item 21. It was transcribed based on the oral tradition of St. Helena Island in present day Beaufort County, South Carolina. The transcription is credited to Diton.

Organization

Yale University (funder)

Affiliated Institution

Morehouse College

Keywords

Gullah Geechee; Spirituals; South Carolina; North Carolina; Georgia; Virginia; Slave of the United States; Saint Helena Island Spirituals; Thirty Six South Carolina Spirituals; Beaufort County; Port Royal Islands; Christian Music; Black Sacred Music; Slave Songs; African American Vernacular English (AAVE); Antebellum South; Penn Center

Language

Gullah

Subject

Spirituals (Songs);Gullahs;African diaspora

Coverage

South Carolina--Saint Helena Island

Region

USA

Rights Statement

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Additional contributors not captured in author fields: Hood, Trevon (editor); Crawford, Eric (editorial contributor); Shelley, Braxton (editorial contributor); Carter-Enyi, Aaron (editorial contributor)

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