Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point and Selected Other Poems

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning · Running time 01:23:36 · Lyric

Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.

About this book

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in County Durham, England in 1806. From the age of 15 she suffered a series of debilitating illnesses. Her book of "Poems" published in 1844 attracted the attention of Robert Browning, leading to their courtship, marriage and elopement to Italy where she lived for the rest of her life. She died in Florence in 1861. She was a campaigner for the abolition of slavery despite both her parents' families having financial interests in plantations in the West Indies. Her poem "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" was an attempt to make people in England and America

Description from the LibriVox catalogue.

Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →

More by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (26)

You might also like

• Selected PoemsElizabeth Barrett Browning · 01:57:08
• Sonnet 43Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 0:26:28
• Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning · 0:47:59
• Drama of ExileElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1:44:38
• Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 2)Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 0:42:55
• Battle of MarathonElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1:54:19
• Year's SpinningElizabeth Barrett Browning · 00:23:45
• Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 3)Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 01:03:35