Interesting History of 'My Old Kentucky Home

The Kentucky state song has been many things since it was first written by Stephen Foster in 1852. It started out as a minstrel song, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” about the lament of a slave sold from his Kentucky plantation to a slave owner down south “where the sugar canes grow.”

Merry and Bright at My Old Kentucky Home - Her Life in Ruins

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Old Spring House sitting down the hill in front of the mansion. - Picture of My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown - Tripadvisor

The Hidden Racial History of 'My Old Kentucky Home', WNYC News

My Old Kentucky Home State in - Bardstown, KY

History - The Stephen Foster Story

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History of 'My Old Kentucky Home' examines how Black performers had to act out caricatures of plantation life — Andscape

Fayette Gallery - Federal Hill My Old Kentucky Home Lois writes: Even before the Civil War, this beautiful old mansion was built on 200+ acres by Judge John Rowan. In 1852, Stephen

Lyrical Black Face: The Truth About “My Old Kentucky Home” ‹ Literary Hub

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