No More Auction Block

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"No More Auction Block" is a traditional African American spiritual and protest song lamenting slavery and freedom from bondage, later influencing civil rights-era music and artists like Bob Dylan.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American spiritual
protest song
traditional song
alsoKnownAs Many Thousands Gone NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement abolitionism
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
hasCulturalContext African American history
United States slavery era
hasGenre protest music
spiritual
hasTheme emancipation
freedom from bondage
resistance
slavery
hasUnknownAuthor true
influenced Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
influencedWork Blowin' in the Wind NERFINISHED
civil rights-era protest songs
isTraditional true
language English
lyricalFocus ending slave auctions
hope for liberation
suffering of enslaved people
originatesFrom African American communities
United States NERFINISHED
performedBy Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
Odetta NERFINISHED
Paul Robeson NERFINISHED
various folk revival artists
usedIn American civil rights movement NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blowin' in the Wind
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