. My Little War Experience with Historical Sketches and Memorabilia . From a Paintmg. TH E SLAVE MA RKET. ANCl ENT ROM E. ip200. From a Painting. RETURN OF MISSIONARY AND SLAVE. NEGRO KKLIGIOUvS MEETING. 137 hymn, repeated the number and page and the first two lines. These weresung, and he repeated the next, and so on, as in the Scotch Presbyterianservice. The congregation sang; I think every one joined, even thechildren, and the collective sound was wonderful. The voices of one ortwo women rose above the rest, and one of these soon began to introducevariations, which consisted mainly of shout
. My Little War Experience with Historical Sketches and Memorabilia . From a Paintmg. TH E SLAVE MA RKET. ANCl ENT ROM E. ip200. From a Painting. RETURN OF MISSIONARY AND SLAVE. NEGRO KKLIGIOUvS MEETING. 137 hymn, repeated the number and page and the first two lines. These weresung, and he repeated the next, and so on, as in the Scotch Presbyterianservice. The congregation sang; I think every one joined, even thechildren, and the collective sound was wonderful. The voices of one ortwo women rose above the rest, and one of these soon began to introducevariations, which consisted mainly of shouts of Oh! oh! at a piercingheight. Many of the singers kept time with their feet, balancing them-selves on each alternately, and swinging their bodies accordingly. Thereading of the lines would be accompanied also by shouts, as during theprevious discourse. When the preacher had concluded reading the last two lines, as thesinging again proceeded, he raised his own voice above all, turned around,clapped his hands, and commenced to dance, and laughed aloud—firstwith his back, then with his face to the audience. The singing
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