Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier
(1807–1892)

American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Brother of Elizabeth Hussey Whittier, poet, and Mathew Franklin Whittier.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Works

Poems

Collections of poetry

Prose

  • Yankee Gypsies
  • The Boy Captives: An Incident of the Indian War of 1695

Correspondence

Collected works

  • The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier (1894)
    • V. 1. Narrative and legendary poems (transcription project)
    • V. 2. Poems of nature; Poems subjective and reminiscent; Religious poems (external scan)
    • V. 3. Anti-slavery poems; Songs of labor and reform (external scan)
    • V. 4. Personal poems; Occasinal poems; The tent on the beach(external scan)
    • V. 5. Margaret Smith's journal; Tales and sketches(external scan)
    • V. 6. Old portraits and modern sketches; Personal sketches and tributes; Historical papers (external scan)
    • V. 7. The conflict with slavery: Politics and reform; The inner life; Criticism (external scan)

Works about Whittier

Encyclopedia articles

Poems about Whittier


Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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