Morton and Freneaue

Sarah Morton and Phillip Freneau have a similar message in their beautiful poetry. Both authors stress the message of anti slavery. Even though Morton and Freneau write two different poems, their message is basically the same. Sarah Morton and Phillip Freneau were two white American writers who stressed the importance of anti slavery. These authors brought the message to the people, and paved the way for the anti slavery movement.
Lets first take a look at Sarah Morton’s anti slavery poem titled ‘’ The African Chief’’ Sarah writes ‘’ See how the black ship cleaves the main, High bounding o’er the dark blue wave, Remurmuring with groans of pain, Deep freighted with the princely slave!’’ (Morton) Now right off the bat Mrs. Morton paints a vivid picture of the journey. Calling out the ships color black as if it was to forewarn us of how miserable it was on that ship. Here is another quote that spoke out to me when reading Sarah Morton. ‘’ Has not his suffering offspring clung, Disponding round his fettered knee, On his worn shoulder, weeping hung, And urged one effort to be free!’’ (Morton) I enjoy how Morton uses visual references to intrigue the readers attention. In this poem Sarah Morton continues to write a graphic picture of the behind the scenes of slavery. I can assume is that her overall message is that slavery is downright wrong. What I can get from her poem, is that she wanted the reader to see the dark side to slavery.
In the poem titled ‘’ To Sir Toby’’ Freneau writes a detailed illustration through the eyes of a horrible slave owner. Freneau writes ‘’ Here whips on whips excite perpetual tears, And Mingled howling vibrate on my ears.’’ Freneau, like Morton paints a visual description for his audience. The way we treat another man is awful is the message I got from this quote. The whip is a powerful weapon in one mans hand, and only should be used when used on animals. The fact that one man uses a whip on another is wrong. Freneau goes on to write a graphic detailed poem describing the horrors of slavery. Both authors used this method to get their point crossed.
In conclusion I enjoyed reading these two authors. I think it was a good thing to read about two white authors who thought differently on a subject then their others. Sarah Morton and Phillip Freneau provided a great voice for the anti slavery movement in their poetry.