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Emancipations Jubilations: Spirituals and Songs That Led a Nation, featuring James Martin, baritone (Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts)

On March 21, 2009, as part of the series Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts, the Performing Arts Library presented “Emancipations Jubilations: Spirituals and Songs That Led a Nation.” The concert, performed by James Martin, baritone, and David O’Steen, pianist, was partly based on songs Lincoln heard at a contraband camp (slaves who had escaped slavery), including “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” “Every Time I Feel the Spirit,” “I Thank God I’m Free at Last,” “John Brown’s Body,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Didn’t My God Deliver Daniel,” and other songs.

Watch the program (.wmv, 1hr 6min)
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