Voices of Freedom
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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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creatorReligion |
Religious Society of Friends
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Peace and Social Witness
ⓘ
surface form:
Quaker antislavery tradition
|
| relatedWork | poems of John Greenleaf Whittier on slavery ⓘ |
| tone |
moralistic
ⓘ
propagandistic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
emotional appeals
ⓘ
moral appeals ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
John Greenleaf Whittier