(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION MUSIC) HUTCHINSON JESSE JUN ”Get off

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

THE "EMANCIPATION CAR" (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--MUSIC.) HUTCHINSON, JESSE JUN. 'Get off the Track.! A Song for Emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons, Respectfully Dedicated to Nathl. P. Rogers. . .' Engraved cover and two additional separated pages of sheet music. Large 4to; some toning to the edges; occasional very light foxing. Boston: Henry Prentiss, 1844

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a very scarce piece of abolitionist music, bearing a beautifully engraved cover showing a train with an 'Emancipation car' headed for a station. All around it are well-dressed gentlemen. The train flies standards that bear the names of noted abolitionist newspapers, The Herald of Freedom, the American Standard, etc; while the wheels of the train say 'Liberator,' etc. This work was composed by Jesse Hutchinson of the noted singing group, The Hutchinson Family Singers. The Hutchinsons were a family singing group who became the most popular American entertainers of the 1840s. The group sang in four-part harmony, with a repertoire of political, social, comic, sentimental and dramatic works, and are considered by many to be the first uniquely American popular music performers.