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Subject: MARTINIQUE, WEST INDIES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE SLAVES OF MARTINIQUE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beams of noon, like burning lances, through the tree-tops flash and glisten
Last Line: Hate of slavery, hope of freedom, love is mightier than all.
Subject(s): Martinique, West Indies; Slavery; Serfs