SongEra: Slavery

Blow Gabriel

Name: Blow Gabriel
Description: African-American Judgment-Day trumpet spiritual; the "Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel" song reached print in 1867, and the coastal-Georgia ring-shout version…

c. 1867(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: ring shout

African-American Judgment-Day trumpet spiritual; the "Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel" song reached print in 1867, and the coastal-Georgia ring-shout version entered the McIntosh County Shouters' repertoire.

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5.culturalequity.orgwebsite