Slavery Archives - The Final Paradox

The Slave’s Dream

Beside the ungathered rice he lay,
His sickle in his hand;
His breast was bare,…

Written While in Prison for Denouncing the Domestic Slave-Trade High walls and huge the body…

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in…

Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare,
Gentle and merciful and just!
Who, in…

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our…