De Floating Scow Of Ole Virginia Or Oh Carry Me Back To Old Virginia Shore Caption Title Composed

by C White J Sanford

$275 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Philadelphia, PA : Lee and Walker, 1847. One of a number of editions published in 1847. 4to. 2 pp. With the blindstamp Sold by John Cass / St. Louis, Mo. at the base of the first page. Charles White 1821-1871 , a native of New York and director and lead blackface performer in a mid-century minstrel group, is referred to as the Black Apollo on several of the 1847 editions; James A. Bland 1854-1911 , an African-American, wrote the more familiar tune

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