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AudioThe Negro's Complaint
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Negro's Complaint by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 9, 2020. Read in English by Adrian Stephens; Bruce Kachuk; Newgatenovelist; fshort; Graham Scott; Larry Wilson; Mickey Lee Rich and VelmaCariss. Cowper, an English poet, wrote a poem called "The Negro's Complaint" (1788) which rapidly became very famous, and was often quoted by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 20th century civil rights movement. - Summary by Wikipedia 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 (11MB)
Directors & creators
William Cowper
Subjects
librivox; audiobooks; literature; poetry; nature; philosophy; slavery; abolition
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