There are several very beautiful renditions of "I Hear(d) from Heaven Today." Many are cast in an Appalachian tradition. I haven't found any recordings by African Americans. I selected a recording by Jubilate Sacred Singers that I felt captured the spiritual quality best.
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He doesn't say in the letter, but I suspect young Thomas Little was doing canal work in Newark and other construction in Hartford. The working conditions on canals were certainly similar to what he describes, but Thomas had and exercised the freedom to move on. |