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8 lip 2020 · We thought we’d do something that’s long overdue here at Interesting Literature: share some of the most powerful, damning, and emotionally moving poems about slavery and the plight of African slaves over the centuries, from poets writing both in Britain and America, both black and white.
In poetry, poets, both black and white, dealt with the plight of African slaves through emotionally moving poems. In this section, poems that deal with the life and emotions of slaves, across cultures, nationalities, and religions are explored.
Poems about slavery confront the dark chapters of history, shedding light on the inhumane and unjust treatment endured by enslaved individuals. These poems often express outrage at the oppression, violence, and dehumanization suffered by slaves.
The major problem of this study is the English anti-slavery poetry rhetoric from 1780 to 1865 that leads to abolishment of slavery, slave trade and racial discrimination in the United Kingdom, its domains and America. Accordingly, this thesis focused upon ten antislavery poets.
Slavery by Hannah More - Poem Analysis. ‘Slavery’ by Hannah More is a pro-abolitionist poem. It attempts to inspire Britain at the peak of slave trade to condemn the very act. The poem makes a case for the abolition of slavery by exposing Britain’s immorality and appealing to the public’s humanity. Read Poem.
The major problem of this study is the English anti-slavery poetry rhetoric from 1780 to 1865 that leads to abolishment of slavery, slave trade and racial discrimination in the United Kingdom, its domains and America. Accordingly, this thesis focused upon ten antislavery poets.
This page is the index to a growing collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century English poetry about slavery and the slave trade. Thousands of poems about slavery have been written over the centuries, from ancient texts in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, to recent poems in most modern languages.
