Thomas P. Fenner was a musician, editor, and compiler of African American spirituals. He performed with a band in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He trained a group from Hampton Institute and toured with them following a fundraising model the Fisk Jubilee Singers used. The tours were fundraisers and he compiled and arranged spirituals from the singers, many of whom had been enslaved, that were published. ^[1] Updated editions continued.

Publications

• Cabin and plantation songs : as sung by the Hampton students ^{[2] [3]}

References

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