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Slavery - Poetry

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    The dying negro , a poetical epistle, from a black, who shot himself on board a vessel in the river Thames, to his intended wife.

    Day, Thomas, 1748-1789. | Date: 1774
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    The dying negro , a poem. By the late Thomas Day and John Bicknell, Esquires. To which is added, a fragment of a letter on the slavery of the negroes. By Thomas Day, Esq. Embellished with a frontispiece.

    Day, Thomas, 1748-1789. | Date: 1793
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    Tributes of affection with The slave; and other poems. By a lady; and her brother.

    Tomlins, Elizabeth Sophia, 1763-1828. | Date: 1797
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    The wrongs of Africa , a poem. Part the first.

    William Roscoe | Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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