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Slave In The Dismal Swamp

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

#	Chapter Name
1	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by ALP Algy Pug	1:45
2	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by BK Bruce Kachuk	2:19
3	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by DL David Lawrence	1:44
4	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by EL Newgatenovelist	1:59
5	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by FH Foon	1:37
6	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by GG Greg Giordano	2:16
7	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by GRS Graham Scott	2:00
8	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by IB Isaiah Barker	1:39
9	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by KJH KHand	1:35
10	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by LCW Larry Wilson	1:37
11	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by MTF Michele Fry	1:42
12	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by RAJ RajVO	1:41
13	The Slave In The Dismal Swamp- Read by TP Tomas Peter	1:57