Poems on Slavery  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Poetry  Sound Book  English
Channel: Magic of Poetry
Date: 2018-07-26

Poems on Slavery | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Poetry | Audiobook full unabridged | English
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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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Poems on Slavery | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Poetry | Sound Book | English
0: [00:00:00] - The Noble Horse, by Philip Massinger
1: [00:00:59] - To William E. Channing
2: [00:02:09] - The Slave's Dream
3: [00:03:46] - The Good Part
4: [00:05:26] - The Slave in the Dismal Swamp
5: [00:06:59] - The Slave singing at Midnight
6: [00:08:17] - The Witnesses
7: [00:10:19] - The Quadroon Girl
8: [00:13:17] - The Warning