My country is a big, dark and no saberry, in thee we roam.

Long have our chains in one, long hands are grittin' born.

Our flesh has long been torn, in from our bones.

The white men rules the day, in their despotic sway,

are all the land. He wills a tyrant's run,

fearless of men or gone, and their fears end just not with a horse then.

Oh shall we longerbly, is there no one to be the black men's part?

The justice, the demon, that we shall wear the brand,

and raise the voice, Lord, and open such laws.

No, no, the time has come, when we must not be done,

we must go away.

We now hate millions from, must fight, sweet freedom's on,

and we's our self, or wrong, our chains must break.

Hello everybody and welcome back to Rev. Left Radio.

On today's episode, I have on the show Matt Callahan,

who spearheaded the project, Songs of Slavery and Demancitation.

This is a book, a full album, and a documentary.

The book itself has an introduction by Robin Neige Kelly,

which I found very fascinating.

This is simultaneous revolutionary history,

slave revolts, rebellions, abolitionism,

as well as a musical history of enslaved peoples and abolitionists more broadly.

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