{"id":7,"date":"2014-04-03T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject-new\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:28:41","slug":"antislavery-singers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/antislavery-singers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutchess Antislavery Singers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/files\/2014\/04\/AntislaverySongsCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/files\/2014\/04\/AntislaverySongsCover.jpg\" alt=\"AntislaverySongsCover\" width=\"221\" height=\"286\"\/><\/a>The Dutchess Antislavery Singers research and perform&nbsp;antislavery music. Set to hymns and patriotic an popular tunes, these pieces were sung at abolitionist conventions and rallies around the North in the years leading up to&nbsp;and during&nbsp;the Civil War. The Singers generally perform in period clothing, circa 1860, and have sung at a wide array of venues, including historical reenactments, school programs, worship services, and music festivals.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For more information, or to arrange a performance by the Dutchess Antislavery Singers at your event, please use the site contact. We welcome new singers at any time &#8212; ask&nbsp;us about&nbsp;our rehearsal schedule.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Our songbook, <a title=\"Research and Publications\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/research\/\"><em>36 Antislavery Songs<\/em>, is available&nbsp;online<\/a>&nbsp;and at Dutchess County independent bookstores.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_1217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject-new\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_1217-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1217\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_1217-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_1217-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Singers rely on such sources as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manybooks.net\/titles\/clarkgw2208922089-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Liberty Minstrel&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;(1844) by George W. Clark and<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/utc.iath.virginia.edu\/abolitn\/absowwbahp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Anti-Slavery Harp; A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;(1848), compiled by William Wells Brown, a fugitive slave.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2003 students at Dutchess Community College worked with the Singers to make&nbsp;video recordings of seven songs. These are posted on You-Tube and may be accessed via the following links (make sure to have your sound on):<\/p>\n<table border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Video<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MI2-zjHMGj0\">Gone, Sold and Gone<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=esEO0xA10jc\">America, a Parody<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8LD6xgRu2uw\">Eliza&#8217;s Flight<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ZMy--HZLYE\">Get Off the Track<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPlMKmEtlLk\">We&#8217;re Free<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HrDvpChmecI\">I Am an Abolitionist<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MljtLUi98Ww\">The President&#8217;s Proclamation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Dutchess Antislavery Singers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Selected Performances<\/span>&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cA Juneteenth Concert.\u201d<\/em> Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston, NY. [6\/19\/2011]<\/li>\n<li><em>Concert with Lecture on \u201cGender, Women and the Antislavery Movement,\u201d <\/em>Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. [10\/6\/11] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em>Spirit of Freedom: An Emancipation Proclamation 150<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Concert<\/em>. Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie [9\/22\/12]<\/li>\n<li><em>Civil War Heritage Music Gathering and Encampment<\/em>. Windham, NY [8\/4\/12]<\/li>\n<li>Video Project with Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY [June 2012]<\/li>\n<li>New York State Council for the Social Studies, Rye, NY [3\/1\/13]<\/li>\n<li>Scarsdale Middle School, Scarsdale, NY [6\/5\/13]<\/li>\n<li>Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church, Lagrangeville, NY [6\/23\/13]<\/li>\n<li>The Fountains, Millbrook, NY [7\/21\/13]<\/li>\n<li><em>Habitat for Humanity<\/em> Concert, Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie, NY [1\/25\/14]<\/li>\n<li>Newtown Middle School, Newtown, CT [1\/31\/14]<\/li>\n<li><em>Created Equal: America\u2019s Civil Rights Struggle<\/em>, Mid-Hudson Library, Poughkeepsie, NY [2\/23\/14]<\/li>\n<li><em>Dutchess Heritage Days<\/em>, Poughkeepsie, NY [6\/12\/14]<\/li>\n<li><em>Lincoln Inaugural Commemoration<\/em>, Poughkeepsie, NY [11\/23\/14]<\/li>\n<li>William Church, Raquette Lake, NY [7\/23\/15]<\/li>\n<li>NEH Traveling Exhibit <em>\u201c1863 and 1963\u201d<\/em>, Mid-Hudson Library, Poughkeepsie, NY [12\/13\/15]<\/li>\n<li><em>The Power of Song: Music as a Force for Social Change<\/em>. Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY [3\/26\/17]<\/li>\n<li>APHNYS Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. [11\/1\/2017]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutchess Antislavery Singers research and perform&nbsp;antislavery music. Set to hymns and patriotic an popular tunes, these pieces were sung at abolitionist conventions and rallies around the North in the years leading up to&nbsp;and during&nbsp;the Civil War. 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