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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT - UNITED STATES Matches Found: 79 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LETTER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis over, moses! All is lost! Last Line: "than laborers in new hampshire""!" Subject(s): Elections; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Hale, John Parker (1806-1896); New Hampshire; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Antislavery Movement - United States A SONG FOR THE TIME, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Up, laggards of freedom! - our free flag is cast Last Line: For earth wearies of them and god's over all! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890); Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs A SONG: INSCRIBED TO THE FREMONT CLUBS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath thy skies, november! Last Line: What may not four years do? Subject(s): Elections; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890); Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Antislavery Movement - United States AMERICA, by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: America, it is to thee Last Line: The wrongs we bear shall be redressed. Subject(s): Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; United States; Antislavery Movement - United States; America ASTRAEA AT THE CAPITOL; ABOLITION SLAVERY, DISTRICT COLUMBIA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first I saw our banner wave Last Line: Of judgment fringed with mercy's light! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Washington, D.c.; Antislavery Movement - United States BARTOW BLACK, by TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE Poem Text First Line: Twas when the proclamation came Last Line: There was no need to stay! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Racism; Antislavery Movement - United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The word of the lord by night Last Line: His way home to the mark. Subject(s): American Civil War; Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Patriotism; Pilgrim Fathers; United States - History; United States; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; America BURIAL OF BARBER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bear him, comrades, to his grave Last Line: Of the freedom of the west! Subject(s): Barber, Thomas; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Funerals; Kansas; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Burials; Serfs CHIVALRY AND SLAVERY, SELECTION, by JOHN BURKE Poem Text First Line: It chanced that in a southern state Last Line: * * * Subject(s): American Civil War; Cruelty; Death; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; United States - History; Dead, The; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs EMANCIPATION, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Fling out your banners, your honors be bringing Last Line: Onward to honor, to glory and fame. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States EMANCIPATION, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a time for much rejoicing Last Line: God is with us now, forever. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 16, 1862, by JAMES MADISON BELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Unfurl your banners to the breeze! Last Line: Hath lighter grown by marching on. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Washington, D.c.; Antislavery Movement - United States FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath the burden of our joy Last Line: Turned out the war-cloud's light to thee. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States FREEDOM AT MCNEALY'S, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All around old chattanooga Last Line: As you would a faithful horse. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty FREEDOM OF THE MIND, by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: High walls and huge the body may confine Last Line: And in its watches wearies every star. Variant Title(s): The Free Mind;freedom For The Mind;sonnet Written In Prison;liberty Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty GARRISON, by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Freedom's first champion in our fettered land Last Line: Survived, -- its ruin and our peace to see. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty GARRISON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The storm and peril overpast Last Line: A hand to set the captive free! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States HENRY WARD BEECHER, by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS Poem Text First Line: His tongue was touched with sacred fire Last Line: Wherever men lay bound he clave. Subject(s): Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887); Clergy; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Politics & Government; Writing & Writers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Antislavery Movement - United States HOW LONG?, by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How long, o gracious god! How long Last Line: Exult in glorious liberty. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States HOWARD AT ATLANTA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Right in the track where sherman Last Line: A joy and blessing! Subject(s): Atlanta, Georgia; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909); Antislavery Movement - United States HYMN .. CELEBRATION OF 3RD ANNIVERSARY BRITISH EMANCIPATION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O holy father! Just and true Last Line: Be praise and glory evermore. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States HYMN AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Giver of all that crowns our days Last Line: With peace on earth, good-will to men! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States HYMN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EMANCIPATION AT NEWBURYPORT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not unto us who did but seek Last Line: To whom be glory, first and last! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Newburyport, Massachusetts; Antislavery Movement - United States JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE [OCTOBER 16, 1859], by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: John brown in kansas settled, like a steadfast yankee farmer Last Line: May trouble you more than ever, when you've nailed his coffin down! Variant Title(s): How John Brown Took Harper's Ferry;john Brown At Harper's Ferry;how Old John Brown Took Harper's Ferry Subject(s): Abolitionists; Brown, John (1800-1859); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy error, fremont, simply was to act Last Line: But the full time to harden into things. Variant Title(s): To John C. Fremont Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890); Missouri; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty LAUS DEO!, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is done! / clang of bell and roar of gun Last Line: Who alone is lord and god! Subject(s): American Civil War; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; God; Patriotism; United States - History; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty LE MARAIS DU CYNGE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A blush as of roses Last Line: The march of the day. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Marais Du Cygne (river), Kansas; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs LECOMPTON'S BLACK BRIGADE, by CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Single-handed, and surrounded by lecompton's Last Line: Through all the coming years. Alternate Author Name(s): O'reilly, Miles Subject(s): Democratic Party (u.s.); Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Political Conventions; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. H.B. STOWE ON HER VISIT TO GLASGOW, 1853, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, to thee, to fortune, and to fame Last Line: Shall meet theenot on earth; our goal's the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Temperance; Antislavery Movement - United States; Prohibition LINES TO MARY ELLIOT FLANERY, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As your eager eyes peruse Last Line: Live long your principles to prove. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States MOLOCH IN STATE STREET, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon has set: while yet the dawn Last Line: God of the free! Subject(s): Boston; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Pilgrim Fathers; Antislavery Movement - United States NEW HAMPSHIRE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God bless new hampshire! From her granite peaks Last Line: What one brave state hath done, can ye not also do? Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; New Hampshire; Antislavery Movement - United States O SOUTHLAND!, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O southland! O southland! Last Line: The faint one at his side. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Southern States; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; South (u.s.) ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES T. TORREY, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Woe worth the hour when it is crime Last Line: His mercy to the oppressor's heart. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Torrey, Charles Turner (1813-1846); Antislavery Movement - United States PAEAN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now, joy and thanks forevermore! Last Line: The signal-call that freedom makes! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States POEM COMPOSED FOR .. THE VIGILANT COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA, by DANIEL ALEXANDER PAYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rise, god of freedom! From thy throne of light Last Line: "be free! Be free! Ye ransomed lands, be free!" Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; United States; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs; America PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It shall flash through coming ages Last Line: Break the refulgent on the sight. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States SONNET: 23. WENDELL PHILLIPS, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He stood upon the world's broad threshold; wide Last Line: Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884); Antislavery Movement - United States SONNET: 26. TO J. R. GIDDINGS, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Giddings, far rougher names than thine have grown Last Line: With a base dread that clings to them forever. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Giddings, Joshua Reed (1795-1864); Antislavery Movement - United States STANZAS FOR THE TIMES, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is this the land our fathers loved Last Line: One voice shall thunder, we are free! Subject(s): Abolitionists; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 5. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here we stan' on the constitution, by thunder! Last Line: Thet slavery's airth s grettest boon,' sez he. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; United States - Congress - Senate; Antislavery Movement - United States THE BLACK SAMPSON, by JOSEPHINE DEPHINE HENDERSON HEARD Poem Text First Line: There's a sampson lying, sleeping in the land Last Line: By his mighty arm his rights shall be obtained! Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Slavery; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs THE CALL TO FREEMAN, by MOSES OWEN Poem Text First Line: But for three hundred thousand of freeman true and brave Last Line: That freedom's fires shall brighter glow -- that men can yet be free. Subject(s): American Civil War; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Slavery; U.s. - History; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs THE DAY AFTER THE WAR, by JAMES MADISON BELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twelve score of years were long to wait Last Line: A part, and help in the distress? Subject(s): Abolitionists; Brown, John (1800-1859); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs THE DEATH OF SLAVERY, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou great wrong, that, through the slow-paced years Last Line: Dwell thou, a warning to the coming times. Subject(s): American Civil War; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Holidays; Memorial Day; United States - History; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Declaration Day THE DEFENSE OF LAWRENCE [SEPTEMBER 14, 1856], by RICHARD REALF Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: All night upon the guarded hill Last Line: The pulses of the grass. Variant Title(s): The Defence Of Lawrence Subject(s): Courage; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Kansas; Slavery; Valor; Bravery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs THE EMANCIPATION GROUP, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Amidst thy sacred effigies Last Line: And righteousness than wrong. Subject(s): Boston; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE FIGHT OVER THE BODY OF KEITT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "sing, o goddess, the wrath, the ontamable dander of keitt" Last Line: "like to heralds of old, stepped the sergeant-at-arms and the speaker" Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation;kansas;slavery;u.s. - Congress; Antislavery Movement - United States;serfs THE FREED ISLANDS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A few brief years have passed away Last Line: "to new-world tyrants, old-world kings!" Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; West Indies; Antislavery Movement - United States; British Empire; England - Empire; Caribbean Islands THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE, by AUGUSTINE JOSEPH HICKEY DUGANNE Poem Text First Line: From mossy woods and cypress bolls Last Line: O god! Break not mine oath for me! Subject(s): American Civil War; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; United States - History; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty THE HUSBAND'S RETURN, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The proud, majestic southern sun Last Line: And lit with joy his way. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States THE JUBILEE SINGERS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Voice of a people suffering long Last Line: And slavery's every wrong undone! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We cross the prairie as of old Last Line: The homestead of the free! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Homesteaders; Kansas; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs THE LITTLE CLOUD, by JOHN HOWARD BRYANT Poem Text First Line: As when, on carmel's sterile steep Last Line: The blessed liberty of god. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Missouri Compromise; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty THE MAUL, by MARY E. NEALY Poem Text First Line: I saw a boy in a black-jack wood Last Line: Write half of its toil and glory. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE MORAL WARFARE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When freedom, on her natal day Last Line: The light, and truth, and love of heaven. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty THE NEW YEAR; ADDRESSED TO PATRONS OF PENNSYLAVNIA FREEMAN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wave is breaking on the shore Last Line: A new and happy year. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Holidays; New Year; Antislavery Movement - United States THE PANORAMA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the long hall the shuttered windows shed Last Line: And shame his poor word with your nobler deed. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs THE PASTORAL LETTER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So, this is all, - the utmost reach Last Line: Shall deeper joy be felt in heaven! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States THE PINE TREE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lift again the stately emblem on the bay state's rusted shield Last Line: And to plant again the pine-tree in her banner's tattered field! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Massachusetts; Pine Trees; Trees; Antislavery Movement - United States THE PROCLAMATION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Saint patrick, slave to milcho of the herds Last Line: And heal with freedom what your slavery cursed. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patrick, Saint (5th Century); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE RELIC, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Token of friendship, true and tried Last Line: And turn the spoiler from his prey. Subject(s): Arson; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Antislavery Movement - United States THE SLAVE-MONGERS' CONVENTION: CANTO 2, SELECTION, by J. P. RANDOLPH Poem Text First Line: My brethren, most beloved and dear Last Line: Your whips -- Subject(s): American Civil War; Bible; Clergy; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; U.s. - History; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs THE SPIRIT VOICE; OR, LIBERTY CALL TO THE DISENFRANCHISED, by CHARLES L. REASON Poem Text First Line: Come! Rouse ye brothers, rouse! A peal now breaks Last Line: From partial bondage to a life indeed. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803); Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty THE TWILIGHT HOUR, by JOSHUA MCCARTER SIMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I sat one evening in sweet meditation Last Line: The captive from bondage, will shortly release. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States THE WORLD'S CONVENTION OF FRIENDS OF EMANCIPATION IN LONDON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, let them gather! Summon forth Last Line: The fire shall fall from heaven! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States TO DELAWARE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thrice welcome to thy sisters of the east Last Line: Glory and praise to god! Another state is free! Subject(s): Delaware; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States TO FANEUIL HALL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men! If manhood still ye claim Last Line: Up, to faneuil hall! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Faneuil Hall, Boston; Antislavery Movement - United States TO MASSACHUSETTS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What though around thee blazes Last Line: Was sleeping, but not dead! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Massachusetts; Antislavery Movement - United States TO PENNSYLVANIA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O state prayer-founded! Never hung Last Line: And thy triumphal song. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Pennsylvania; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs TO THE FIRST OF AUGUST, by ANN PLATO Poem Text First Line: Britannia's isles proclaim Last Line: That they may not depart. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; British Empire; England - Empire; Serfs TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DAVIS, by JOHN FISHER MURRAY Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: When on the field where freedom bled Last Line: For slaves and cowards living on. Subject(s): Davis, Thomas Osborne (1814-1845); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pages of thy book I read Last Line: This dread apocalypse! Subject(s): Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Champion of those who groan beneath Last Line: And god alone be lord! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States TREASON'S LAST DEVICE, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of new engaland in the fray Last Line: But you -- do you hear it, yankee boys? Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States WENDELL PHILLIPS, by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: People's attorney, servant of the right Last Line: Impartial history dare not leave thee out. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884); Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty WENDELL PHILLIPS, by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What shall we mourn? For the prostrate tree that sheltered the Last Line: Union was traitor to right! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884); Antislavery Movement - United States WHAT OF THE DAY?, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A sound of tumult troubles all the air Last Line: Flailed by the thunder, heaped with chaffless grain! Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Antislavery Movement - United States WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In a small chamber, friendless and unseen Last Line: Ye earn the crown, and wear it not in vain. Variant Title(s): To William Lloyd Garrison Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Politics & Government; Antislavery Movement - United States |
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