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Title	Darling Nelly Gray
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Civil Liberties African American Ohioans Abolition Songs Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867
Place	Rushville (Ohio) Fairfield County (Ohio) Westerville (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Benjamin Hanby's song Darling Nelly Gray is written from the perspective of a Kentucky slave whose lover, Nelly Gray, has been sold to another owner. The song captured the inhumanity of slavery and was popular among many abolitionists. It measures 8.4 x 12.83 inches (21.33 x 32.58 cm). Benjamin Hanby (1833-1867) was born in Rushville, Ohio and attended Otterbein College in Westerville. He served as a pastor in the United Brethren Church, but eventually supported himself with his music. Among his best known works are Up on the Housetop, Old Shady, and Who is He in Yonder Stall?
Creator	Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867
Date of Original	1856
Collection	Ohio State University Sheet Music
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Ohio State University Music and Dance Library
Type	Text

Title	Om205_706718_006
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Full Text	K DARLING NELLY GRAY. B.R.HANBY. CO m OS iiiAiii ^ ( ^T ^ ^•^=j^ s^!fJ#ii <^ i±'4p f:' Tliere's a i4^:i*** -7^ -* ¦* # ;—:ir -y i^M^^0i=mr-nu^ / jf n ^ ou {rnen ullcy on the old Kentucky sliore,ThereIVewhiled many happy hours a - r way. :^ -fi- -^ 1*1 m ViiVm Hiirt a^ singing by the little cottage door Where lived my darling Nel - ly Gray. ^ T ¦# -r E«t«red according to Act tfCc.gr....«. ua. by Oliver Dit.on in th. Clerk'. Office of the Di.tnct Court of M.^.^' ^^ 'Mi^M

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