The Anti-Slavery Alphabet

K is the Kidnapper, who stole That little child and mother-- Shrieking, it clung around her, but He tore them from each other.

L

L is the Lash, that brutally He swung around its head, Threatening that "if it cried again, He'd whip it till 'twas dead."

M

M is the Merchant of the north, Who buys what slaves produce-- So they are stolen, whipped and worked, For his, and for our use.

N

N is the Negro, rambling free In his far distant home, Delighting 'neath the palm trees' shade And cocoa-nut to roam.

O

O is the Orange tree, that bloomed Beside his cabin door, When white men stole him from his home To see it never more.

P

P is the Parent, sorrowing, And weeping all alone-- The child he loved to lean upon, His only son, is gone!

Q

Q is the Quarter, where the slave On coarsest food is fed, And where, with toil and sorrow worn, He seeks his wretched bed.

R

R is the "Rice-swamp, dank and lone," Where, weary, day by day, He labors till the fever wastes His strength and life away.

S

S is the Sugar, that the slave Is toiling hard to make, To put into your pie and tea, Your candy, and your cake.

T

T is the rank Tobacco plant, Raised by slave labor too: A poisonous and nasty thing, For gentlemen to chew.

U

U is for Upper Canada, Where the poor slave has found Rest after all his wanderings, For it is British ground!

V

V is the Vessel, in whose dark, Noisome, and stifling hold, Hundreds of Africans are packed, Brought o'er the seas, and sold.

W

W is the Whipping post, To which the slave is bound, While on his naked back, the lash Makes many a bleeding wound.

X

X is for Xerxes, famed of yore; A warrior stern was he He fought with swords; let truth and love Our only weapons be.

Y

Y is for Youth--the time for all Bravely to war with sin; And think not it can ever be Too early to begin.

Z

Z is a Zealous man, sincere, Faithful, and just, and true; An earnest pleader for the slave-- Will you not be so too?