6 Music and the arts
Black and white North Carolinians made contributions to the arts that were sometimes very different and sometimes intertwined. Image source. About the photograph
Although North Carolina was hardly known as a home for the arts, by the 1850s, homegrown arts were flourishing, especially poetry and music. From the simple but moving lines of spirituals and folk ballads to the formal verses of poets, black and white North Carolinians found ways to express their joys, their sorrows, and their hopes for the future.
- 6.1Joining together in song: Piedmont music in black and white
- 6.2African American spirituals
- 6.3The Gospel Train
- 6.4I'm Gwine Home on de Mornin' Train
- 6.5Long Way to Travel
- 6.6Frankie Silver
- 6.7The Ballad of Frankie Silver
- 6.8All hail to thee, thou good old state
- 6.9The Old North State
- 6.10George Moses Horton
- 6.11Death of an Old Carriage Horse
