Voices of Freedom

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antislavery literature poetry collection

Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	antislavery literature → poetry collection →
advocatesFor	abolition of slavery in the United States →
aimsTo	influence public opinion against slavery → support abolitionist activism →
associatedWith	American reform movements → antislavery activism →
associatedWithIdeology	antislavery → human rights →
associatedWithPerson	John Greenleaf Whittier →
author	John Greenleaf Whittier →
circulationRegion	Northern United States →
condemns	complicity of churches in slavery → institution of chattel slavery → political compromises over slavery →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creatorReligion	Quakerism →
genre	abolitionist poetry → poetry →
hasInfluenceOn	American abolitionist discourse → perception of slavery among Northern readers →
hasSubject	enslaved people in the United States → moral arguments against slavery → political arguments against slavery → religious arguments against slavery →
historicalContext	19th-century antislavery campaigns in the United States → pre–American Civil War era →
intendedAudience	general American reading public → supporters of abolition →
language	English →
literaryForm	lyric poetry → narrative poetry →
literaryPeriod	19th-century American literature →
literaryStyle	didactic → rhetorical →
mainTheme	abolitionism → antislavery → social justice →
medium	print →
movement	American abolitionist movement →
portrays	suffering of enslaved people →
publicationCentury	19th century →
relatedMovement	Quaker antislavery tradition →
relatedWork	poems of John Greenleaf Whittier on slavery →
tone	moralistic → propagandistic →
usesDevice	emotional appeals → moral appeals → religious imagery →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Greenleaf Whittier → John Greenleaf Whittier →	notableWork