For+'The+Pacific+Appeal'

=[Untitled] = =Written for //The Pacific Appeal//, 1862, by a poet known only as 'H'. =

From Africa, our father land, We were brought across the sea, And sold amongst a venal band, Opposed to Liberty.

From father, mother, sister, brother, And to all mortals dear, We were forced to toil and labor In bondage and in fear.

From year to year, from age to age, Our sires afflictions bore, And looked with grief and saddened hearts To the happy days of yore.

But a brighter day is dawning <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">For the oppressed, and sure <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The cursed cords that bind us down <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shall soon be felt no more.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We look and see with anxious gaze <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The signs of Freedom as they swell, <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Above the din of breaking chains, <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The sound of Slavery’s funeral knell.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Source: The Pacific Appeal, vol. 1, no. 22 (August 30, 1862) 4.