A Song for Freedom, 36
Are ye truly Free? 42
Blind Slave Boy, 5
Bereaved Slave Mother, 18
Be Free, O Man, be Free, 26
Come join the Abolitionists, 43
Emancipation Song, 47
Freedom’s Star, 7
Freedom’s Banner, 3
Flight of the Bondman, 15
Fling out the Anti-Slavery Flag, 22
Fugitive Slave to the Christian, 27
Fugitive’s Triumph, 33
Get off the Track, 25
I am an Abolitionist, 17
I’ll be Free, I’ll be Free, 19
Jefferson’s Daughter, 23
Jubilee Song, 11
Liberty Ball, 8
Lament of the Fugitive Slave, 30
North Star, 9
Over the Mountain, 10
O, Pity the Slave Mother, 4
On to Victory, 32
Oft in the Chilly Night, 41
Rescue the Slave, 28
Right on, 34
Spirit of Freemen, Wake, 12
Song for the Times, 13
Song of the Coffle Gang, 29
The Slave’s Lamentation, 12
The Sweets of Liberty, 15
The Yankee Girl, 20
The Slave Auction, 24
The Bondman, 33
The Man for Me, 35
The Slave’s Song, 38
There’s a Good Time coming, 39
The Bigot Fire, 40
The Slave’s a Man, for a’ that, 44
We’re coming, We’re Coming, 31
What Mean Ye? 46
Ye Sons of Freemen, 6
Ye Spirits of the Free, 16
Ye Heralds of Freedom, 29
Your Brother is a Slave, 45
The Anti-slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery Meetings
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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.
United States, your banner wears
Two emblems,—one of fame;
Alas, the other that it bears,
Reminds us of your shame.
The white man’s liberty entypes,
Stands blazoned by your stars;
But what’s the meaning of your stripes,
They mean your Negro-scars.—Thomas Campbell.