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Whittier Centenary Remembered as Poet of Freedom
Amesbury honors John Greenleaf Whittier on the centennial of his birth. The essay traces his New England life, anti slavery leadership, early romance, editorial work, and enduring poetic legacy including Snow Bound and Barbara Frietchie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hittier
America
New England
Massachusetts
Globe
Longfellow
Emerson
Lowell
Dr. Holmes
Europe
Bryant
New York
John Greenleaf Whittier
Amesbury
Mass
Whittier
Haverhill
Greenleaf
Newburyport Free Press
William Lloyd Garrison
Danvers
Center Harbor
N. H
Garrison
John Greenleaf
Robert Burns
Evalena Bray
Whittler
Marblehead
Evalena
Miss Bray
Haverhill Academy
Hartford
Review
Cornelia Russ
Haverhill Gazette
the Manufacturer
New York City
Antislavery Society
Philadelphia
Maud Muller
Barbara Frietchie
Stonewall Jackson
Shelley
Adonais