Mankind has many marks upon its name, many tragedies of its own making. The subjugating of other people, which still continues to this day, is perhaps its greatest stain. Men, women, and children who are bought sold, used and abused for the profit or enjoyment of others casts shadows upon us all.
In Slavery, a Tyranny in Verse, poets including Browning, Longfellow, Southey, and Melville explore our relationship with this shameful practice, highlighting the successes—and more probable, failures—of our fallible race.
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