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Conductor Nicholas Hersh calls William Dawson's work "a fundamental part of our history and a beautiful piece of our culture.

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New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects.

That is part of it, but it's also done by people of African descent. It's done in ways in which people say, "This is authentic. These are the authentic slave songs, these are the authentic slaves ...

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