Darlin' Nelly Gray (Song with guitar, banjo and mountain dulcimer)

the plight of a runaway slave named Joseph Selby or Shelby. Benjamin Hanby's father, Bishop William Hanby, a United Brethren minister who was active in the Underground Railroad, was attempting to raise money to free Selbys beloved. Although author and origins of the song are known, and it may be seen in relation to the blackface genre, its documented folk transmission and variation suggest that it may be legitimately regarded as having passed into tradition. In the song, a male slave ...
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