On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
Now they gradually threw off the mask, and were not afraid to let it be known that the “freedom” in their songs meant freedom of the body in this world.
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Booker T. Washington
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From his autobiography, describing the open expression of desire for earthly freedom through song as emancipation became imminent.
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