Slave Song, Jamaica, 1687-1688
Musical notations and lyrics, perhaps the earliest known recorded slave music from Anglo-America. On feast days, Sloane wrote, the enslaved dance and sing; their songs are all bawdy and leading that way (p. xlviii). Hans Sloane, the celebrated English physician and naturalist, lived in Jamaica for 18 months during 1687-1688.
Image Title
Slave Song, Jamaica, 1687-1688
RegID
SI-OB-277
Date
1687-1688
Title
Slave Song, Jamaica, 1687-1688
Source
Hans Sloane, A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, . . . and islands of America. (London, 1707), vol. 1, pp. l-li. (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language
English
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--Jamaica
Reproduced In
Hans Sloane, A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, . . . and islands of America. (London, 1707), vol. 1, pp. l-li.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
11-Mar-11
Identifier
SLOANE1