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The Negro Emancipation Song
- Creator:
- H. M. Higgins, J. P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett
- Location:
- Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
- Origin Date:
- 1862
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 13 1/4 in x 10 3/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0027
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, "The Negro Emancipation Song." The cover is plain with the text printed in black lettering near the center of the cover. There is decorative scroll work below the title along with the names of the composer and lyricist. Publishing information is printed near the bottom. 1 score (5 p.) First line: Gather roun ye darkies all Chorus: Shout ho! darkies all Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.