Reform and Politics Part 2 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII

Reform and Politics by John Greenleaf Whittier

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Even so, he continued to believe that the best way to gain abolitionist support was to broaden the Liberty Party's political appeal, and Whittier persisted in advocating the addition of other issues to their platform. He eventually participated in the evolution of the Liberty Party into the Free Soil Party , and some say his greatest political feat was convincing Charles Sumner to run on the Free-Soil ticket for the U.

Beginning in , Whittier was editor of Gamaliel Bailey's The National Era , [9] one of the most influential abolitionist newspapers in the North. For the next ten years it featured the best of his writing, both as prose and poetry. Being confined to his home and away from the action offered Whittier a chance to write better abolitionist poetry; he was even poet laureate for his party.

Whittier's poems often used slavery to represent all kinds of oppression physical, spiritual, economic , and his poems stirred up popular response because they appealed to feelings rather than logic. Whittier produced two collections of antislavery poetry: He was an elector in the presidential election of and of , voting for Abraham Lincoln both times. The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in ended both slavery and his public cause, so Whittier turned to other forms of poetry for the remainder of his life.

Whittier was one of the founding contributors of the magazine Atlantic Monthly. One of his most enduring works, Snow-Bound , was first published in After the event, Whittier wrote a letter describing his experience:.

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My eyes ached all next day from the intensity of my gazing. I do not think his voice naturally particularly fine, but he uses it with great effect. He has wonderful dramatic power I like him better than any public reader I have ever before heard. Whittier spent the last winters of his life, from to , at Oak Knoll, the home of his cousins in Danvers, Massachusetts. Whittier's first two published books were Legends of New England and the poem Moll Pitcher The poem was erroneously attributed to Ethan Allen for nearly sixty years.

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This use of poetry in the service of his political beliefs is illustrated by his book Poems Written during the Progress of the Abolition Question. Highly regarded in his lifetime and for a period thereafter, he is now largely remembered for his anti-slavery writings and his poems Barbara Frietchie , " The Barefoot Boy ", and Snow-Bound.

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A number of his poems have been turned into hymns , including Dear Lord and Father of Mankind , taken from his poem " The Brewing of Soma ". The latter part of the poem was set in by Dr. It is also sung as the hymn Rest by Frederick Maker, and Charles Ives also set a part of it to music in his song "Serenity". On its own, the hymn appears sentimental, though in the context of the entire poem, the stanzas make greater sense, being intended as a contrast with the fevered spirit of pre-Christian worship and that of some modern Christians.

Whittier's Quakerism is better illustrated, [ citation needed ] however, by the hymn that begins:.

O Brother Man, fold to thy heart thy brother: Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly word a prayer. Thy work is to hew down. In God's name then: Put nerve into thy task. Let other men; Plant, as they may, that better tree whose fruit, The wounded bosom of the Church shall heal.

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Whittier's poem "At Port Royal " describes the experience of Northern abolitionists arriving at Port Royal, South Carolina , as teachers and missionaries for the slaves who had been left behind when their owners fled because the Union Navy would arrive to blockade the coast. The poem includes the "Song of the Negro Boatmen," written in dialect:. Oh, praise an' tanks! De Lord he come To set de people free; An' massa tink it day ob doom, An' we ob jubilee.

De yam will grow, de cotton blow, We'll hab de rice an' corn: Oh, nebber you fear, if nebber you hear De driver blow his horn! Of all the poetry inspired by the Civil War , the "Song of the Negro Boatmen" was one of the most widely printed, [24] and though Whittier never actually visited Port Royal, an abolitionist working there described his "Song of the Negro Boatmen" as "wonderfully applicable as we were being rowed across Hilton Head Harbor among United States gunboats.

I like the man, but have no high opinion either of his poetry or his prose. He wrote, "In reading this last volume, I feel as if my soul had taken a bath in holy water. One was Karl Keller, who noted, "Whittier has been a writer to love, not to belabor. He was especially influential on prose writings by Jewett, with whom he shared a belief in the moral quality of literature and an interest in New England folklore. Jewett dedicated one of her books to him and modeled several of her characters after people in Whittier's life. Whittier's family farm, known as the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead or simply "Whittier's Birthplace", is now a historic site open to the public.

Whittier's hometown of Haverhill has named many buildings and landmarks in his honor including J. Numerous other schools around the country also bear his name. A covered bridge spanning the Bearcamp River in Ossipee, New Hampshire , is also named for Whittier, [32] as is a nearby mountain. The city of Whittier, California , is named after the poet, [17] as are the communities of Whittier, Alaska , and Whittier, Iowa ; the Minneapolis neighborhood of Whittier ; the Denver, Colorado, neighborhood of Whittier; and the town of Greenleaf, Idaho.

The alternate history story P. The date of that event in Hawthorne's invented timeline was Whittier was one of thirteen writers in the card game Authors , which referenced his writings "Laus Deo", "Among the Hills", Snow-bound , and "The Eternal Goodness". He was removed from the card game when it was reissued in Whitter's poem "Twilight" was set to music in by Edwin Fowles.

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