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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05570 |
| From Archive Folder | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era |
| Title | Allegorical verses on slavery |
| Date | ca. 1850-1860 |
| Author | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
| Additional authors | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the first being a poem in five stanzas dedicated to William E. Channing. The second in three stanzas is titled "The Warning." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Abolition Reform Movement Slavery African American History Literature and Language Arts Poetry |
| People | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |