02432ckm a2200373 a 4500 000149404 20230712142923.0 kjobo 030409s1837 maunnn| | kneng d Fels-261 3 ppl PPL gihc [The morning dream] [graphic]. [Boston: s.n., 1837] 1 print: engraving; overall 17 x 11 cm. (6.5 x 4.25 in) Frontispiece for John Greenleaf Whittier's Poems Written during the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States, between the Years 1830 and 1838 (Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, No. 25, Cornhill, 1837). Frontispiece accompanies Cowper's poem "The Morning Dream," which appears on the opposite page. The engraving features an allegorical figure representing Liberty/Britannia, who sailed westward to America "to make freemen of slaves." Shedding light "like the sun," this divine and beautiful figure "sung of the slave's broken chain, wherever her glory appeared." In accordance with the verse, two chained slaves kneel before her, praying for freedom. At the left, a slave-owner drops his whip. ("In his hand, as a sign of his sway, / A scourge hung with lashes he bore, / And stood looking out for his prey, From Africa's sorrowful shore. / But soon as approaching the land, / That angel-like woman he view'd, / The scourge he let fall from his hand, / With the blood of his subjects imbru'd.") Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery. Slaves Emancipation United States 80163 Liberty. 75232 Allegorial prints 1830-1840. gmgpc Engravings 1830-1840. gmgpc Book illustrations 1830-1840. gmgpc SP3 African American History Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Poems written during the progress of the abolition question in the United States. Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, No. 25, Cornhill, 1837. Imprint MA. Boston. 1837. Library Company of Philadelphia Rare Am 1837 Whi 51405.D frontispiece Digital image https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2759 51405.D R Am 1837 Whi 51405.D frontispiece 51405.D R Am 1837 Whi 51405.D frontispiece (CPomAG)80005892 142316 142316 000149404 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000149404 20060120 1813 000149404 20060201 1536 000149404 JENNY 40 20060705 1521 000149404 20071018 1953 000149404 EDITH 40 20090213 1038 000149404 ANN 40 20171109 1354 ppl MA. Boston. 1837. Imprint