OperaCréole Founder, Givonna Joseph and Drummer Kamau are featured in tracks 2 and 3 with The Dirge of Saint-Malo spoken in Creole and English
 
Mat Callahan says: "To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery. I can never get rid of that conception. Those songs still follow me, to deepen my hatred of slavery, and quicken my sympathies for my brethren in bonds." - Frederick Douglass. The 'Songs Of Slavery and Emancipation' project presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. Some originate as early as 1800 and others as late as the outbreak of the Civil War. The project also includes long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some of which were written by fugitive slaves as well as free black people, challenging common misconceptions of abolitionism. Thirty one songs are presented in a double CD containing new performances in a traditional style.  An accompanying 80 page liner notes includes complete lyrics as well as reproductions of historic documents.  The liner notes also include essays by producer Mat Callahan, scholar Robin D.G. Kelley and activist organizer Kali Akuno. A companion full length book documents the sources of these newly released songs, as well as providing historic context. The CDs and book were published in June 2022 by the University Press of Mississippi in conjunction with Jalopy Records
 
Audio samples are not available but see the Documentary.
 
Track Listings
1
Agonizing, Cruel Slavery Days
2
The Dirge of St. Malo (Louisiana Creole)
3
The Dirge of St. Malo (English)
4
Hymn of Freedom
5
Uncle Gabriel the Negro General
6
The Negro's Complaint
7
Recognition March of the Independance of Hayti
8
The African Hymn
9
Nat Turner
10
My Father, How Long?
11
March on
12
Children, We All Shall Be Free
13
Ol' Massa He Come Dancing Out
14
The Year of Jubilo
15
The Enlisted Men (The Negro Battle Hymn)
16
Rebeldia Na Bandabou
17
Song of the "Aliened American"
18
A Song for Freedom
19
Stole and Sold from Africa
20
Right on!
21
Flight of the Bondman
22
The Underground Railroad
23
To the White People of America
24
Liberty
25
The Band of Thieves
26
The True Spirit
27
Come Join the Abolitionists
28
The Voice of Six Hundred Thousand Nominally Free
29
We're Coming! We're Coming!
30
Woman's Rights
31
What Mean Ye?