Poems on Slavery - Kostenloses Hörbuch

Poems on Slavery - Kostenloses Hörbuch

Autor(en): Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

Sprache: English
Genre(s): Poesie

1 / 9The Noble Horse, by Philip Massinger

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9 Kapitel
  • 1. The Noble Horse, by Philip Massinger
  • 2. To William E. Channing
  • 3. The Slave's Dream
  • 4. The Good Part
  • 5. The Slave in the Dismal Swamp
  • 6. The Slave singing at Midnight
  • 7. The Witnesses
  • 8. The Quadroon Girl
  • 9. The Warning

Über

This is a short volume of abolitionist poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842. As Wikipedia notes, Longfellow himself was not entirely satisfied with his work: "However, as Longfellow himself wrote, the poems were 'so mild that even a Slaveholder might read them without losing his appetite for breakfast'. A critic for The Dial agreed, calling it 'the thinnest of all Mr. Longfellow's thin books; spirited and polished like its forerunners; but the topic would warrant a deeper tone'. The New England Anti-Slavery Association, however, was satisfied enough with the collection to reprint it for further distribution." Despite these shortcomings, however, this volume is of historical importance and will interest many listeners. - Summary by Carolin

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