The Dance in Place Congo – Creole Slave Songs by George W. Cable (1974 Reprint)

Facsimile reprint of George W. Cable’s 1886 essays “The Dance in Place Congo” and “Creole Slave Songs,” originally published in The Century Magazine. This 1974 edition, issued by Faruk von Turk, reproduces the original text and illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble, capturing one of the earliest written accounts of African and Creole music and dance in New Orleans’ historic Congo Square. A significant piece for collectors of Louisiana history, early jazz origins, and African American cultural studies.