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Poems on Slavery is a collection of poems by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in support of the United States anti-slavery efforts. With one exception, the collection of poems were written at sea by Longfellow in October 1842. [1] The poems were reprinted as anti-slavery tracts two different times during 1843.
Mary Birkett Card (28 December 1774–1817), was an Irish based British poet, abolitionist, and feminist, best remembered for her anti-slavery poem, A Poem on the African Slave Trade published when she was seventeen. [1] [2] [3]
Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery, 1660–1810 is a volume featuring more than 400 poems or poetic fragments by 250 Anglophone writers, edited by James Basker. [1] Most of the works are from the period between 1760 and 1810, reflecting growth in public awareness about slavery. [ 1 ]
Harper was hired by the Maine Anti-Slavery Society and in the first six weeks, she managed to travel to twenty cities, giving at least thirty-one lectures. [51] Her book Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, a collection of poems and essays prefaced by William Lloyd Garrison, was published in 1854 and sold more than 10,000 copies within three years ...
In Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, Harper's theme of slavery focuses on the struggles slaves faced such as separation and death. [5] Poems that fit into the theme of slavery are “The Slave Mother ”, “Eliza Harris ”, “The Slave Auction ”, and “The Fugitive's Wife ”. [1]
She was particularly strong in her condemnation of slavery and the mistreatment of the indigenous Americans. Another aspect of her work is humor, frequently expressed in poems such as The Comet of 1825. (1827) and Flora's Party. (1834); this extends to her children's verse, for example, Baby's note to a Baby, with a pair of Coral Bracelets. (1836).
The Negro's Complaint is a poem by William Cowper, which talks about slavery from the perspective of the slave. [1] It was written in 1788. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was intended to be sung to the tune of a popular ballad, Admiral Hosier's Ghost .
The Dying Negro: A Poetical Epistle was a 1773 abolitionist poem published in England, by John Bicknell and Thomas Day. It has been called "the first significant piece of verse propaganda directed explicitly against the English slave systems". [1] It was quoted in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano of 1789. [2]