Though many of Foster's songs were written to be performed in racist minstrel shows, the lyrics were ambiguous enough to find fans among antislavery Americans. Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesThe 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence happens to also coincide with the 200th birthday of composer Stephen Collins Foster.
尽管福斯特的许多歌曲最初是为带有种族主义色彩的黑脸吟游表演创作的，但其歌词的模糊性足以让反奴隶制的美国人成为他的歌迷。林·阿尔维斯/《丹佛邮报》盖蒂图片社，《独立宣言》250周年恰逢作曲家斯蒂芬·柯林斯·福斯特诞辰200周年。
A songwriter who achieved remarkable success in the late 1840s and 1850s with “Oh! Susanna,” “My Old Kentucky Home” and many others, Foster was born near Pittsburgh on July 4, 1826.
这位在19世纪40年代末至50年代凭借《哦！苏珊娜》《我的肯塔基老家》等众多歌曲取得非凡成就的词曲作者，于1826年7月4日出生在匹兹堡附近。
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