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John Pierpont (Джон Пирпонт)


Economy of Slavery


"One mouth and one back to two hands," is the law
That the hand of his Maker has stamped upon man;
But Slavery lays on God's image her paw,
And fixes him out on a different plan;—
Two mouths and two backs to two hands she creates;
And the consequence is, as she might have expected;
Let the hands do their best, upon all her estates,
The mouths go half fed, and the backs half protected.



John Pierpont's other poems:
  1. The Ballot
  2. Come Sign the Vow!
  3. The Temperance Crew
  4. For the Album of Miss Caroline C---
  5. News-Carrier's Address


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