Dying Slave, The

Title

Dying Slave, The

Alternative Title

Around the sick-bed of their gray-haired friend

Date

1840

Is Part Of

Pennsylvania Freeman

Bibliographic Citation

The Pennsylvania Freeman July 23, 1840 6:46:4

Burleigh, William Henry, Poems. Philadelphia: J. Miller M'Kim; Pittsburgh: Ingram and M'Candless; New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1841, 48-49

Note

From the German of W.L.I. Kiderlen (a map-maker); fuller description from the Pennsylvania Freeman: "Without having given a literal reading, we have endeavored, and to some extent, we think, succeeded in preserving the spirit of this poem. The original, printed in German, is to be found in "The North Star," (a small volume of original pieces published by the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society,) unaccompanied by any translation, much to the vexation of the merely English reader."

Subject

Abolition

Historical Figure

Death

Memorial

Religion

Political Advocacy

affiliation

Abolition

Creator

William Henry Burleigh