"9135"^^ . . "Wallace Willis was a Choctaw freedman living in the Indian Territory, in what is now Choctaw County, near the city of Hugo, Oklahoma, US. His dates are unclear: perhaps 1820 to 1880. He is credited with composing (probably before 1860) several Negro spirituals. Willis received his name from his owner, Britt Willis, probably in Mississippi, the ancestral home of the Choctaws. He died, probably in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma, as his unmarked grave is located there."@en . . . . . . . . . "Wallace Willis"@en . . "Wallace Willis"@en . . . . . . "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"@en . . . . . "Page from The Jubilee Singers"@en . . . . . . "\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633 \u0648\u064A\u0644\u064A\u0633 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Wallace Willis)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0643\u0627\u062A\u0628 \u0623\u063A\u0627\u0646\u064A \u0623\u0645\u0631\u064A\u0643\u064A\u060C (\u0648. 1828 \u0645)."@ar . . . . . . . "Wallace Willis \u00E9tait un ancien esclave indien choctaw qui fut affranchi par testament par son maitre en 1860. Il a ensuite v\u00E9cu dans le Territoire indien. C'est cet ancien esclave qui en 1862 a compos\u00E9 le negro spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Pour ce negro spiritual, il s'est inspir\u00E9 de la rivi\u00E8re Rouge au Mississippi, qui lui rappelait le Jourdain, et du proph\u00E8te \u00C9lie qui aurait rejoint le paradis dans un chariot. Wallace Willis est n\u00E9 en 1820 et mort en 1880[r\u00E9f. n\u00E9cessaire]. Les lieux de naissance et de d\u00E9c\u00E8s restent encore inconnus."@fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633 \u0648\u064A\u0644\u064A\u0633"@ar . . "\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633 \u0648\u064A\u0644\u064A\u0633 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Wallace Willis)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0643\u0627\u062A\u0628 \u0623\u063A\u0627\u0646\u064A \u0623\u0645\u0631\u064A\u0643\u064A\u060C (\u0648. 1828 \u0645)."@ar . . . . . . "Wallace Willis was a Choctaw freedman living in the Indian Territory, in what is now Choctaw County, near the city of Hugo, Oklahoma, US. His dates are unclear: perhaps 1820 to 1880. He is credited with composing (probably before 1860) several Negro spirituals. Willis received his name from his owner, Britt Willis, probably in Mississippi, the ancestral home of the Choctaws. He died, probably in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma, as his unmarked grave is located there. Before the Civil War Willis and his wife, Aunt Minerva, were sent by their owner to work at the Spencer Academy where the superintendent, Reverend Alexander Reid, heard them singing. In 1871 Reid was at a performance of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University and thought the songs he had heard the Willises singing were better than those of the Jubilee Singers. He furnished them to the group, which performed them in the United States and Europe. Many are now famous, including \"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot\" and \"Steal Away To Jesus\". It is sometimes said that the songs credited to Willis had actually been written by unknown composers, but there is no record of any of the songs until they were performed by the Jubilee Singers."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "16988355"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Wallace Willis \u00E9tait un ancien esclave indien choctaw qui fut affranchi par testament par son maitre en 1860. Il a ensuite v\u00E9cu dans le Territoire indien. C'est cet ancien esclave qui en 1862 a compos\u00E9 le negro spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Pour ce negro spiritual, il s'est inspir\u00E9 de la rivi\u00E8re Rouge au Mississippi, qui lui rappelait le Jourdain, et du proph\u00E8te \u00C9lie qui aurait rejoint le paradis dans un chariot. Wallace Willis est n\u00E9 en 1820 et mort en 1880[r\u00E9f. n\u00E9cessaire]. Les lieux de naissance et de d\u00E9c\u00E8s restent encore inconnus."@fr . . . . . . . "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"@en . . . . . . "SwingLowSweetChariot1873.jpg"@en . . . . . "1118830623"^^ . . . . . "circa 1840"@en . . . "Wallace Willis"@fr . . . . . . . . . . . .