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Book: Slavery In The U.S.

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  • O, Pity The Slave Mother
    I pity the slave mother, careworn and weary,
    Who sighs as she presses her babe to her breast;
    24 lines
  • The Blind Slave Boy
    Come back to me, mother! why linger away
    From thy poor little blind boy, the long weary day!
    30 lines
  • Zaza, The Female Slave
    O, my country, my country!
    How long I for thee,
    40 lines
  • Freedom's Star
    As I strayed from my cot at the close of the day,
    I turned my fond gaze to the sky;
    26 lines
  • Come Join The Abolitionists
    Come join the Abolitionists,
    Ye young men bold and strong.
    36 lines
  • Liberty Ball
    Come all ye true friends of the nation,
    Attend to humanity’s call;
    27 lines
  • The Bondman
    Feebly the bondman toiled,
    Sadly he wept--
    32 lines
  • Emancipation Hymn
    Praise we the Lord! let songs resound
    To earth’s remotest shore!
    28 lines
  • Rescue The Slave
    \This song was composed while George Latimer, the fugitive slave, was
    confined in Leverett Street Jail, Boston, expecting to be carried back
    27 lines
  • Jubilee Song
    Our grateful carts with joy o’erflow,
    Hurra, Hurra, Hurra,
    32 lines
  • We're Coming! We're Coming!
    We're coming, we're coming, the fearless and free,
    Like the winds of the desert, the waves of the sea!
    24 lines
  • Spirit Of Freemen, Wake
    Spirit of Freemen, wake;
    No truce with Slavery make,
    28 lines
  • Fugitive's Triumph
    Go, go, thou that enslav'st me,
    Now, now thy power is o'er;
    24 lines
  • The Sweets Of Liberty
    Is there a man that never sighed
    To set the prisoner free?
    25 lines
  • What Mean Ye?
    What mean ye that ye bruise and bind
    My people, saith the Lord,
    20 lines
  • Ye Spirits Of The Free
    Ye spirits of the free,
    Can ye forever see
    35 lines
  • Song of The Coffle Gang
    \This song is said to be sung by Slaves, as they are chained in gangs,
    when parting from friends for the far off South--children taken from
    19 lines
  • Colonization Song
    To The Freed Colored People:
    41 lines
  • Ye Heralds Of Freedom
    Ye heralds of freedom, ye noble and brave,
    Who dare to insist on the rights of the slave,
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • I Am An Abolitionist
    I am an Abolitionist!
    I glory in the name:
    35 lines
  • On To Victory
    Children of the glorious dead,
    Who for freedom fought and bled,
    32 lines
  • The Chase
    Quick, fly to the covert, thou hunted of men!
    For the bloodhounds are baying o'er mountain and glen;
    40 lines
  • Right On
    Ho! children of the brave,
    Ho! freemen of the land,
    30 lines
  • Fling Out The Anti Slavery Flag
    Fling out the Anti-slavery flag
    On every swelling breeze;
    32 lines
  • A Song For Freedom
    Come all ye bondmen far and near,
    Let's put a song in massa's ear,
    58 lines
  • Jefferson's Daughter
    "It is asserted, on the authority of an American Newspaper, that the
    daughter of Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States, was
    31 lines
  • Emancipation Song
    Let waiting throngs now lift their voices,
    As Freedom's glorious day draws near,
    36 lines
  • The Slave-Auction--A Fact
    Why stands she near the auction stand,
    That girl so young and fair;
    32 lines
  • Flying Slave
    The night is dark, and keen the air,
    And the Slave is flying to be free;
    14 lines
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