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World Premiere: Songs of Slavery & Emancipation w/ Mat Callahan Songs of Slavery and Emancipation is a collection of songs composed and originally sung by slaves either preparing or commemorating revolt. To this collection is added the songs of the abolitionist movement dedicated to the eradication of the slave system. Many of the abolitionist songs were composed by fugitive slaves or free black people and were widely disseminated in the Northern States between the American Revolution and the Civil War. The result is a musical and historical document available for the first time to the general public. What began in 2015 with the discovery of a song composed by slaves planning an insurrection in 1813 has come to fruition with two hours of recorded music, a film documentary, and the publication of a book. My discussion with Mat Callahan follows the story of that discovery and the journey that led to finding all thirty songs in this collection. The CDs and book will be published in June 2022 by the University Press of Mississippi in conjunction with Brooklyn-based Jalopy Records. Mat Callahan and Jalopy Records have agreed to permit Blues Zeppelin to have the world premiere to share these songs. I am incredibly grateful for this privilege. More information at: www.JalopyRecords.org www.ArtHistoryPolitics.com