Laurence Fenton

Harp of Erin: Frances Browne, late 19th century. The History Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Writing Wrongs

The anti-Russian poetry of Frances Browne, the ‘Blind Poetess of Ulster’.

Frederick Douglass, by Samuel J. Miller, 1847-52. Art Institute of Chicago. Public Domain.

Frederick Douglass on Tour

When abolitionist author Frederick Douglass visited Britain and Ireland in 1845, he was celebrated in poems and songs wherever he went. Arriving as an enslaved man, he left with his freedom.