10APR2022
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780
Our Duty, our Power, a portion of that Freedom
Be it enacted & provided always & further enacted
All servitude for Life hereby forever abolished
John Bayard, Speaker, Enabled into Law, Philadelphia
Wednesday, first Day of March, A.D. 1780
Thomas Paine, Clerk of the General Assembly
Furthermore Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
Land where Wisdom abounds, Gospel is free
& Sojourner Truth speaking upon the ashes
Dreamer of great Dreams & freed a thousand slaves
Voluntary emancipation from a conviction of its
propriety
Anna Murray Douglas as recalled by Daughter Rosetta
Our History, our Humanity, our Salvation over sin
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Submitted by 1PoetUSA on May 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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