Synopses & Reviews
This is the first book to collect the most important works of poetry generated by English and North American slavery. Mixing poetry by the major Anglo-American Romantic poets (Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson) with curious, and sometimes brilliant verse by a range of now forgotten literary figures, the anthology is designed to aid students and teachers address the Anglo-American cultural inheritance of slavery.
Review
"The author displays his vast knowledge of slavery literature on every page of this fascinating, horrifying, necessary collection; he provides a set of general introductions, plus copious and extremely useful introductions and biographical information for every poet, notes for virtually every obscure reference, and a chronology of the period's slavery 'events'.... In short, he has assembled a monumental, wide-ranging, deeply informative, even moving volume. Essential."--Choice
"A truly valuable collection of poetry relating to slavery both in Britain and the United States, many of the verses culled from obscure sources."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Table of Contents
List of Plates
Abolition Poetry: A Literary Introduction
English and North American Slavery: Key Notes
Chronology
I. English Poems
List of Contents
English Poems
II. American Poems
List of Contents
American Poems
Selected Bibliography