September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Sheet music, "Wake Nicodemus," S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland, 1864, 6pp. Slavery lyrics include, "Nicodemus, the slave, was of African birth, And was bought for a bagful of gold, He was reckon'd as part of the salt of the earth, But he died years ago very old. 'Twas his last sad request, so we laid him away In the trunk of an old hollow tree. ..." VG. ...plus, Sheet Music, "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! or the Prisoner's Hope," 1854 "as sung by Edwin Kelley, of Abington, Kelley & Leon's Minstrels." 6pp, disbound, VG
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