Poetry

Stanzas to the Abolitionists of America
Title
Poetry
Creator
George Shepard BurleighGeorge Shepard Burleigh
Daguerreotype of William BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh
Ruth Burgess Burleigh ca. 1855 (detail)Ruth Burgess Burleigh
Charles Calistus BurleighCharles Calistus Burleigh
Lucian Rinaldo Burleigh, Sr. when youngLucian Rinaldo Burleigh
Self-PortraitCharles Calistus Burleigh, Jr.
Celia Burleigh (ca. 1875)Celia M. Tibbits Burleigh
Gertrude Kimber BurleighGertrude H. Kimber Burleigh
Listing here family members for whom poems are extant. Of these eight, all have published poems (except for Gertrude Kimber Burleigh). George and William are the most prolific poets of the group, though, by far. Other poets in this project are listed here under "Related Resource"
Description
Photo accompanying this genre is the title to one of William Henry Burleigh's poems, in the First Edition of his Poems from 1841, p. 25.
Language
English
Contributor
James Russell Lowell 1844James Russell Lowell
John Greenleaf Whittier at 29John Greenleaf Whittier
Related resource
William CowperWilliam Cowper
John Greenleaf Whittier at 29John Greenleaf Whittier
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning
James Russell Lowell 1844James Russell Lowell
Charles FollenCharles Follen
Julia Ward HoweJulia Ward Howe
Lydia Maria ChildLydia Maria Child
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson
William Lloyd Garrison at his desk, always the editor!William Lloyd Garrison
Photo of Thomas Wentworth HigginsonThomas Wentworth Higginson
Frances Ellen Watkins HarperFrances Ellen Watkins Harper
Samuel Longfellow portraitSamuel Longfellow
Oliver JohnsonOliver Johnson
Prudence Crandall, 1834 portraitPrudence Crandall
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Media
Stanzas to the Abolitionists of AmericaStanzas to the Abolitionists of America

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