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Ole Shady or the Song of the Contraband Sheet Music

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Title	Ole Shady or the Song of the Contraband Sheet Music
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Literary Ohio Slavery Music Songs Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867
Place	Westerville (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) Rushville (Ohio) Fairfield County (Ohio) Columbus (Ohio)
Description	The song "'Ole Shady' or the Song of the Contraband" composed by Benjamin Russel Hanby, was published in 1861. It is 6 pages long and measures 10" by 13.5" (25.4 by 34.29 cm). Composer Benjamin Russel Hanby (1833-1867) was born in the small town of Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio, southeast of Columbus. Hanby's father was a minister with strong abolitionist sympathies and their home was a station on the Underground Railroad. Hanby was deeply affected by the story of a fugitive slave who took refuge in the Hanby home in 1842 while escaping from Kentucky. Before his death from pneumonia, he told about his sweetheart "Nelly Gray" who had been sold into slavery in Georgia. This was the inspiration for the song "Darling Nelly Gray" which Hanby composed in 1856 while attending Otterbein College in Westerville. The song became popular among Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and has often been regarded as the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of song. Hanby also wrote "Santa Claus, or Up on the House Top."
Creator	Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867
Date of Original	1861
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Otterbein College
Type	Text

Title	Om1045_1058998_004
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