The Anti-Slavery Alphabet

Aimed at young readers, the work presents an alphabetical sequence of short rhymed entries that link each letter to a facet of slavery or abolition. Each entry names an object, person, or place and sketches the hardships endured by enslaved people—whipping, auctioning, family separations, forced labor in cotton, sugar, and tobacco—and gestures to escape, refuge, or resistance. Interwoven with these images are direct moral appeals urging empathy, refusal of slave-made goods, and active support for emancipation. The tone is didactic and devotional, using simple language and concrete scenes to instruct children about the wrongs of slavery and possible responses.