Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

John Pierpoint was born in 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut. His career is mainly that of Educator, Pastor and Social Activist. He was particularly strident on Temperance and the abolition of Slavery. Both of these issues caused him to be at odds with entrenched interests but he was not to be deterred and continued the struggle all through his life. After two weeks' service as a 76-year-old military chaplain during the Civil War, Pierpont was given an appointment in the Treasury Department in Washington, which he held from 1861 until his death in 1866. As a poet he is less well known but the collection presented here gives much to be admired and considered.

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Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

John Pierpoint was born in 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut. His career is mainly that of Educator, Pastor and Social Activist. He was particularly strident on Temperance and the abolition of Slavery. Both of these issues caused him to be at odds with entrenched interests but he was not to be deterred and continued the struggle all through his life. After two weeks' service as a 76-year-old military chaplain during the Civil War, Pierpont was given an appointment in the Treasury Department in Washington, which he held from 1861 until his death in 1866. As a poet he is less well known but the collection presented here gives much to be admired and considered.

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Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

by John Pierpoint
Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

Prayer For The Slave & Other Poems

by John Pierpoint

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John Pierpoint was born in 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut. His career is mainly that of Educator, Pastor and Social Activist. He was particularly strident on Temperance and the abolition of Slavery. Both of these issues caused him to be at odds with entrenched interests but he was not to be deterred and continued the struggle all through his life. After two weeks' service as a 76-year-old military chaplain during the Civil War, Pierpont was given an appointment in the Treasury Department in Washington, which he held from 1861 until his death in 1866. As a poet he is less well known but the collection presented here gives much to be admired and considered.


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ISBN-13: 9781780004983
Publisher: Copyright Group
Publication date: 10/11/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 22
File size: 20 KB

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John Pierpoint was a man of many talents. Here we concentrate on his poetic ones and with particular reference to his stand against slavery in America.

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