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John Greenleaf Whittier

An American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (Wikipedia).

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American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

Born 17 December 1807
Died 7 September 1892

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  • Cover of: A little bird's song on my birthday

    First published in 1888 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mabel Martin, and other poems

    First published in 1884 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Miriam: and other poems.

    First published in 1871 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A New Year's address to the patrons of the Essex gazette, 1828: with a letter hitherto unpublished

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: Complete in Two Volumes

    First published in 1868 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Political Works of John Greenleaf Whitter

    First published in 1892 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Saint Gregory's guest, and recent poems.

    First published in 1886 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Snow-bound and Among the hills

    First published in 1883 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Snow-bound ; Among the hills ; Songs of labor: and other poems

    First published in 1894 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: tent of the beach, and other poems.

    First published in 1867 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The tent on the beach, and associated poems

    First published in 1896 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The tent on the beach, and dramatic lyrics

    First published in 1899 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Text and verse for every day of the year: Scripture passages and parallel selections, from the ...

    First published in 1885 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Whittier gems.

    First published in 1889 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Whittier's Snow-bound, Among the hills, and other poems.

    First published in 1904 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Snow-bound, Among the hills, Songs of labor, and other poems

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ballads of New England

    First published in 1870 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1867 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Beautiful thoughts from John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes

    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The poetical works: With memoir, notes, etc

    First published in 1895 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

Born 17 December 1807
Died 7 September 1892
Subjects
American poetry, Poetry, History, Slavery, Correspondence, American literature, Antislavery movements, Fiction, Children's poetry, Drama, Abolitionists, Literature, Classic Literature, Confederacy, English poetry, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Satanism, Union, United States Civil War, hanging, short story, American Poets, American drama, Authors
Places
United States, Massachusetts, Alabama, England, Owl Creek Bridge, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Saint Louis, Boston, Calcutta, English-speaking countries, India, New England, New Plymouth, New York (N.Y.)
People
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), Devil, Peyton Farquhar, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis
Time
19th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1861-65, December, 1600s, 1841-1845, Civil War, New Plymouth, 1620-1691, carnival

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Alternative names

  • John Greenleaf, Whittier
  • John Greenleaf - Whittier
  • Greenleaf John Whittier
  • John Greenleaf Whitter

History

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
January 2, 2017 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio with Wikipedia & Gutenberg links
July 6, 2014 Edited by Sarah Breau merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import