Book
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In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies
Publication Information
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., music ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disk (4 3/4 in.)
Summary
A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.
Subjects
- Children's poetry > African American authors > History and criticism.
- Lullabies > African American authors > History and criticism.
- Children's poetry > African American authors.
- American poetry > African American authors.
- Slavery in literature.
- Mothers > Poetry.
- African Americans > Poetry.
- Sleep > Poetry
- Lullabies > African American authors.