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A compilation of abolitionist songs and lyric pamphlets intended for anti-slavery gatherings, offering moral appeals, narratives of suffering, and calls to collective action. Poems dramatize the anguish of enslaved mothers, the fate of separated families, and the experiences of fugitives guided by the North Star, while urging political and religious solidarity against slavery. Several pieces adapt their words to familiar popular airs to facilitate communal singing, and the collection blends emotional testimony, exhortation, and patriotic imagery to mobilize audiences for emancipation.

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Title: The Anti-slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery Meetings

Author: William Wells Brown

Release date: December 5, 2018 [eBook #58414]

Language: English

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THE
ANTI-SLAVERY HARP:
COLLECTION OF SONGS
FOR
ANTI-SLAVERY MEETINGS.

COMPILED BY
WILLIAM W. BROWN.

THIRD EDITION.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY BELA MARSH,
No. 25 Cornhill.
1851.


Press of Bazin & Chandler,
No. 37 Cornhill.