Nelly Gray (song)
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title:
Nelly Gray (song)
text:
"Darling Nelly Gray" is a 19th century anti-slavery ballad written and composed by Benjamin Hanby in 1856. It is written as from the point of view of an African-American male slave in Kentucky whose sweetheart has been taken away by slave-owners. The man mourns his beloved, who has been sold South to Georgia. He eventually dies and joins her in heaven. The song became popular in the years preceding the Civil War and helped promote support for the abolitionist cause.
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encyclopedia
description:
American folk song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Gray_(song)
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date modified:
2023-11-26T08:09:11Z
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