The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point
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The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point is a dramatic anti-slavery poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning that gives voice to an enslaved woman’s suffering, resistance, and moral outrage.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-slavery literature
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dramatic monologue ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
American slavery
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family separation under slavery ⓘ racism ⓘ sexual violence under slavery ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | American abolitionists ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
dehumanization under slavery
ⓘ
intersection of race and gender ⓘ moral responsibility of white audiences ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | enslaved mother ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
Christian imagery
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flight from slavery ⓘ infanticide as resistance ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Liberty Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
abolitionist literature
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later feminist readings of slavery
ⓘ
scholarship on Victorian abolitionist poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | transatlantic abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Victorian reading public
ⓘ
anti-slavery activists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
British abolitionist writing
ⓘ
Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral outrage
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racial oppression ⓘ resistance ⓘ slavery ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | an enslaved Black woman ⓘ |
| partOf | Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s political poetry ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | abolitionist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
Pilgrim’s Point
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| tone |
accusatory
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indignant ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
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