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| Glimpses #89: Negro Spirituals  |
| Article from the Christian History Institute, with song lyrics.
http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps089.shtml |
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| Hymns & Spirituals  |
| Lyrics and WAV files for ~10 spirituals quoted in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/christn/chsohp.html |
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| Negro Spirituals  |
| Summary of a long newsgroup discussion: touching on definition, history, performance, interpretation, and bibliographies
http://www.choralnet.org/resources/repertoire/culture/afro_am.txt |
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| Negro Spirituals  |
| Eyewitness account of lyrics and performance, from an article in the 1867 Atlantic Monthly.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TWH/Higg.html |
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| Negro Spirituals and Gospel Music  |
| (Historical overview, with a few sample lyrics).
http://www.negrospirituals.com |
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| Slave Songs of the United States.  |
| E-text including introduction, lyrics, and annotated music collected by William Francis Allen, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/allen/menu.html |
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| The Negro Spiritual  |
| Quarterly containing education, history, and news related to Negro Spirituals: subscription information, news, and reviews.
http://www.dogonvillage.com/negrospiritual/ |
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