Slavery

Female drummer

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English ballads > Slavery > Female drummer

(1) Female drummer
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74894317
Description	Female drummer - first line reads: A maiden I was at the age of sixteen. The galley slave - first line reads: O think on my fate, once I freedom enjoy'd.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2547
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1850 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Durham > Durham (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Woodcuts (prints) Slaves Galleys (watercraft) Drummers Soldiers Women (female humans)
Person / organisation:	Walker, George (Printer of North Shields) [Printer]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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