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'Slavery' by Hannah More is a long poem written to inspire the abolition of slavery. In eighteenth-century Britain, it played a key sensitizing role in debates and campaigns against the slave trade. View Poetry + Review Corner
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.
One of the key poems of a literary movement called the "Harlem Renaissance," "The Negro Speaks of River" traces black history from the beginning of human civilization to the present, encompassing both triumphs (like the construction of the Egyptian pyramids) and horrors (like American slavery).
poetic sequences that turn to the history of slavery to shed new light on repressed or forgotten aspects of the slave system, and to explore the continuing reach of its violence.
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.
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.
Amazing grace : an anthology of poems about slavery, 1660—1810/edited by James G. Basker. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-09172-9 (alk. paper)
