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James A. Bland

1854 - 1911 Person Name: J. A. Bland Composer of "[Oh, my golden slippers am laid away]" in Seth Parker's Hymnal James A. Bland was born in Flushing, NY in 1854. His father, one of the first African Americans to receive a college education, was appointed examiner in the U.S. Patent Office; the family then moved to Washington D.C., where James Bland attended school. He played the banjo as a teenager and He graduated from Howard University. He worked and toured with various minstrel groups in the United States and Europe, notable playing for Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, Grover Cleveland, and Robert E. Lee. He died in Philadelphia of tuberculosis in 1911. He wrote over 700 songs. "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny" became the state song of Virginia in 1940. Dianne Shapiro from SongWriters Hall of Fame website (https://www.songhall.org/profile/James_Bland) (accessed 1/14/2024)
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Virgil P. Cassaday

1893 - 1967 Arranger of "[Oh, my golden slippers am laid away]" in Jubilee Spirituals Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1893. Died: Cir­ca Feb­ru­a­ry 1967, prob­ab­ly in Louis­ville, Ken­tucky. Some hym­nals mis­spell Cas­sa­day’s name as "Cas­sa­dy." He was liv­ing in All­en Coun­ty, Ken­tucky, in 1900, and in War­ren Coun­ty in 1920 & 1930. --www.hymntime.com/tch/
Virgil P. Cassaday

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