Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2014-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 327 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 74156918 The Black Swan at Home and Abroad or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American Vocalist Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Black Swan at Home and Abroad" by Anonymous is a biographical sketch written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers around Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, an extraordinarily gifted American vocalist known as the "Black Swan." Born into slavery but later freed, Greenfield's journey highlights her struggles and triumphs in the musical world, particularly as a pioneer for African American artists in a time of significant societal prejudice. At the start of the narrative, we learn about Elizabeth's early life in Mississippi and her eventual move to Philadelphia, where she was freed by her kind mistress. Despite facing racial barriers and limited formal training, Elizabeth's indomitable spirit leads her to cultivate her remarkable vocal talents through self-teaching and informal mentorship. The opening portion establishes her reputation in local circles and hints at her burgeoning career as she begins to attract public attention for her once-novel artistry—a black woman achieving acclaim in a predominantly white musical industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46526/46526-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor, approximately 1819-1876 ML Text Category: Biographies Category: American Literature Category: Music 198960 2025-09-18T16:29:30.602628 text/html 176987 2024-10-24T09:46:45 text/html 143232 2025-09-18T16:29:34.697579 application/epub+zip 144927 2025-09-18T16:29:31.306578 application/epub+zip 118908 2025-09-18T16:29:30.950591 application/epub+zip 217351 2025-09-18T16:29:37.043611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210680 2025-09-18T16:29:34.241616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182587 2022-09-21T07:16:49.077353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166118 2025-09-18T16:29:30.180625 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165965 2024-11-28T10:48:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16606 2025-09-18T16:29:37.233561 application/rdf+xml 18793 2025-09-18T16:29:31.026600 image/jpeg 3202 2025-09-18T16:29:30.988616 image/jpeg 139860 2025-09-18T16:29:30.621601 application/octet-stream application/zip More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia