| Title | : | Poems on Slavery (UNABRIDGED) |
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| Author | : | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Release | : | 2022-09-24 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Poems on Slavery (UNABRIDGED) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| 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. |
