POEM:a song for freedom.$

A SONG FOR FREEDOM AIR — Dandy Jim

Come all ye bondmen far and near,
Let's put a song in massa's ear,
It is a song for our poor race,
Who're whipped and trampled with disgrace
Chorus. My old massa tells me O
This is a land of freedom O;
Let's look about and see if 't is so,
Just as massa tells me O.

He tells me of that glorious one,
I think his name was Washington,
How he did fight for liberty,
To save a threepence tax on tea.
Chorus. My old massa, &c.

And then he tells me that there was A Constitution,
with this clause, That all men equal were created,
How often we have heard it stated.
Chorus. My old massa, &c.

But now we look about and see,
That we poor blacks are not so free;
We're whipped and thrashed about like fools,
And have no chance at common schools.
Chorus. Still, my old massa, &c.

They take our wives, insult and mock,
And sell our children on the block,
Then choke us if we say a word,
And say that "niggers" shan't be heard.
Chorus. Still, my old massa, &c.

Our preachers, too, with ship and cord,
Command obedience in the Lord;
They say they learn it from the book,
But for ourselves we dare not look.
Chorus. Still, my old massa tells me O,
This is a Christian country O, &c.

There is a country far away,
Friend Hopper says 't is Canada,
And if we reach Victoria's shore,
He says that we are slaves no more.
Chorus. Now hasten all bondmen,
let us go And leave this Christian country O;
Haste to the land of the British Queen,
Where whips for negroes are not seen.

Now if we go, we must take the night—
We're sure to die if we come in sight—
The blood-hounds will be on our track,
And wo to us if they fetch us back.
Chorus. Now haste all bondmen, let us go,
And leave this Christian country O;
God help us to Victoria's shore,
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the song A SONG FOR FREEDOM represent slaves who wanted to gain freedom and liberty.it also explains the suffering that the slaves were put through.they suffered both emotion and physical pain.this song is similar to the story OLAUDAH EQUIANO in which they both explains the suffering of the slaves.both pieces of literature also explains the struggle they faced while trying to gain freedom.



this paragraph shows that how niggers are fighting to gain liberty and freedom.he also tells us about how washington fighted for liberty.he talks about his masters that they always tells us about these all people and inspires us to fight with them too.In a paragraph he tells about other people that they dont let niggers to admit in common schools and sell black people's children on the block and insult their wives.

This song is connected to "BURY ME IN A FREE LAND".
because in that poem too the writer is talking about slavery and he wants be buried in free land where there is no slavery and fights for liberty.

"And I saw her babes torn from her breast,
Like trembling doves from their parent nest."

These lines are similar to

"And sell our children on the block,
Then choke us if we say a word."
because both are talking about the children that they are seprated from their parents and they are kept under slavery.

i got ma poem which ms.hyde posted the links on her corse discription.

$Chief Joseph's Speech$

Answer on your Blogs:

1)How is the art of rhetoric evident in Chief Joseph’s speech?
It is rhetoric beacause it has traditional rhetoric evident and the Nez Peces were forced to leave thier own motherland.
2)Who is he addressing in this speech?
I would like to say that he is addressing the white people that how they were against Indians and were fetching their land from them and he is addressing the government that how careless it is.
3)Who is he indicting and why?
Chief joseph is indicting the people of his culture who gave up and the white people who fetched their motherland from them.
4)Identify any heroic characteristics?
Heroic characteristics would be" Our fathers gave us many laws, which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good. They told us to treat all people as they treated us; that we should never be the first to break a bargain; that is was a disgrace to tell a lie; that we should speak only the truth; that it was a shame for one man to take another's wife or his property without paying for it." which means that he had certain laws and principles which were heroic.
5)Why is this speech Protest Literature?
I believe that this is a protest literature because the indians fought against the white men for their land but they didnt even thought about indians.they just wanted war.so,indians fighted against the white men to get their motherland back but they failed in their attempt.