Poems Concerning the Slave Trade

About this film

LibriVox recording of Poems Concerning the Slave Trade by Robert Southey. Read in English by Alan Mapstone Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems to try to raise awareness of the brutal reality of the trade in a generally apathetic populace. Lord Grenville, who is addressed in the final poem, was British Prime Minister in 1807 when the slave trade was abolished throughout the British Empire. - Summary by Alan Mapstone For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (13MB)

Directors & creators

Robert Southey

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry

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