The Anti-Slavery Harp, Second Ed‪.‬

William Wells Brown, fugitive slave, novelist and abolitionist, assembled a secular collection of anti-slavery hymns to create the songbook, The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings. The purpose of such hymnals was to bring about in listeners “a deep sense of their obligations to assist in undoing every burden, breaking every yoke, and setting every captive free” as abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison once stated. Brown kindly names specific Airs as suggestions for musical accompaniment for each set of lyrics.