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Slave In The Dismal Swamp

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Slave In The Dismal Swamp

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This little poem, with it's masterful choice of heavy-laden words, and great alliteration that sounds like a drumbeat, or a heartbeat, and rolls off the tongue, conveys much horror in a very few words. Longfellow wrote poetry like John Singer Sargent painted portraits, with "economy of stroke", and this poem shows Longfellow's familiarity with and sympathy for the slavery issues of his day, and the ghastly contrast between nature's beauty and man-made hell. A contemporary of Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom's Cabin), both used their literary art to raise consciousness of this intolerable practice. (Michele Fry)

Year of Publication: Genres: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Running Time: 23 minutes 51 seconds(13 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: Algy Pug, Bruce Kachuk, David Lawrence
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The Nights
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by ALP
Algy Pug
1:45
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The Nights
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by BK
Bruce Kachuk
2:19
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by DL
David Lawrence
1:44
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by EL
Newgatenovelist
1:59
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by FH
Foon
1:37
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by GG
Greg Giordano
2:16
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by GRS
Graham Scott
2:00
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by IB
Isaiah Barker
1:39
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by KJH
KHand
1:35
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by LCW
Larry Wilson
1:37
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by MTF
Michele Fry
1:42
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by RAJ
RajVO
1:41
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The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by TP
Tomas Peter
1:57

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