Piano and voice; German flute - Digital Download SKU: LV.16039 African Americans, Slavery, Ships, Fugitive slaves, Liberty, Families. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.16039). The Desponding Negro. A Favorite Song. n. Published [n.d.] by Carr & Co., at their Music Store, No.136 High Street in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice; German flute instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Slavery, Ships, Fugitive slaves, Liberty, Families. First line reads On Africk's wide Plains where the Lion now roaring with freedom.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.
