These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Life; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Great Britain -- History, Military; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Deception; Taxation; Elections; Popular music -- Scotland -- 19th century;
A man is happy as long as he does not have to pay taxes.