Draft:Thomas P. Fenner

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. Updated editions continued.

Publications

 * Cabin and plantation songs : as sung by the Hampton students