Author Addie Graham
We're Stole and Sold From Africa
We're stole and sold from Africa
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Contributed by giorgio 2011/2/8 - 14:44
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Segnalo la interpretazione di "Stole and Sold From Africa" del Rev. Robert Jones nel video: "Songs That Healed a Nation with Reverend Robert Jones" - GRFordLibraryMuseum
Il parlato inizia a 19:10
La musica inizia a 19:53
Il parlato inizia a 19:10
La musica inizia a 19:53
Pluck 2025/10/19 - 12:03
Versione di Mike Seeger (1933-2009) fratellastro di Pete Seeger, influente musicista folk ed etnomusicologo, noto per il suo profondo impegno nella conservazione della musica tradizionale americana.
Pluck 2025/10/19 - 12:22
Trascrizione del parlato del Rev. Robert Jones che presenta la sua interpretazione di "Stole and Sold From Africa" nel video sopracitato: "Songs That Healed a Nation with Reverend Robert Jones".
19:10 .... And the song comes from a woman by the name of Addie Graham.
Miss Graham was a white Kentucky woman who heard a lot of music as it passed by her farm.
She didn't play any instruments, so Mike [Seeger] took one of her songs and put it on the fiddle and on the harmonica.
And the song's called “ We're Stole and Sold from Africa”.
But strangely enough, the belief is that this was a white abolitionist hymn. Since black folks had to disguise the real meaning of their songs, white abolitionists didn't have to, and they could sing openly about their disgust for this thing called slavery.
19:10 .... And the song comes from a woman by the name of Addie Graham.
Miss Graham was a white Kentucky woman who heard a lot of music as it passed by her farm.
She didn't play any instruments, so Mike [Seeger] took one of her songs and put it on the fiddle and on the harmonica.
And the song's called “ We're Stole and Sold from Africa”.
But strangely enough, the belief is that this was a white abolitionist hymn. Since black folks had to disguise the real meaning of their songs, white abolitionists didn't have to, and they could sing openly about their disgust for this thing called slavery.
Pluck 2025/10/20 - 18:09
"A cappella" music never sounded better. 4 part harmonies and some great writing. Like this original song called Stole and Sold. They were formal showcasing artists this year at NERFA. They are Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig, and Jeremy Carter-Gordon.
Recorded live at the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference on Friday November 9, 2018 in Stamford Connecticut.
Fonte: Stole and Sold, by Windborne
Internationally acclaimed folk band WINDBORNE (Vermont/Massachusetts) is a group of vocal chameleons who specialize in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between drastically different styles of traditional music within the same concert. Their musical knowledge spans many continents and cultures, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions. Praised for “the purity of their voices, strength of their material, and attention to detail... (Continues)
Recorded live at the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference on Friday November 9, 2018 in Stamford Connecticut.
Fonte: Stole and Sold, by Windborne
Internationally acclaimed folk band WINDBORNE (Vermont/Massachusetts) is a group of vocal chameleons who specialize in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between drastically different styles of traditional music within the same concert. Their musical knowledge spans many continents and cultures, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions. Praised for “the purity of their voices, strength of their material, and attention to detail... (Continues)
Stole and Sold - Windborne - 2017
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Contributed by Pluck 2025/10/20 - 23:22
Trascrizione soggetta a correzioni del testo della canzone "Sold and Stole From Africa" nella interpretazione di Kristoffer Andrew Ross.
"We're Stole and Sold from Africa" was a traditional abolitionist song, written circa 1850. Collected from Addie Graham (1890-1978), Kentucky, USA. Windborne Singers wrote some excellent contemporary verses for their version on "Song on the Times." Due to potential copyright issues, however, I decided not to record those and tacked on two of my own.
Kristoffer Ross
"We're Stole and Sold from Africa" was a traditional abolitionist song, written circa 1850. Collected from Addie Graham (1890-1978), Kentucky, USA. Windborne Singers wrote some excellent contemporary verses for their version on "Song on the Times." Due to potential copyright issues, however, I decided not to record those and tacked on two of my own.
Kristoffer Ross
A skilled young Traditional Celtic singer, guitarist, and Irish bouzouki player, KRISTOFFER ANDREW ROSS has been singing with varied groups and solo throughout Upstate New York for a number of years. He brings his enthusiasm for and knowledge of folk music with him wherever he goes, performing unaccompanied, with fingerstyle guitar, or Irish bouzouki.
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SOLD AND STOLE FROM AFRICA
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Contributed by Pluck 2025/10/21 - 12:14
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Lyrics and Music: anonymous
Addie's repertoire included several extremely common songs such as "We're Stole and Sold From Africa", an anti-slavery song which seems to have originated in the antebellum Abolitionist movement. She also sang a number of songs of African American origin, many of which she learned from black railroad builders..