[Ads-l] Antedating of "Soulful" (Expressive of African American Culture)

[Shapiro, Fred]

soulful (OED, 2., 1947)

1938 Lancaster (N.Y.) Enterprise 8 Dec.3 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

Stephen Foster ... drew nearly all of his themes from the Negros' soulful music which rose from hot plantations.  Jazz and swing in their turn have the same basic ground upon which is based the essence of Negro interpolation.

Fred Shapiro



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