The campaign to end slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries was thought to be an end. Sadly, it is still very evident in these "modern" times.
If we close our eyes our minds are too...
When they called for an end to slaveryThere was a badge so proudly shown
An African man depicted in chains
Neither Name or country known
Our differences they tried to expose
Superior minds they claimed is the key
But no more they sleep in peaceful repose
Nor can they speak for me
Where the whip is the tongue of brutality
Language is no barrier to the brutal quest
Can there ever be racial neutrality
This badge the first step in that test
And that question is asked as one to the other
"Am I not a man and a brother?"
Poetry by Liam
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Written on 2024-11-10 at 11:49
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