Ichabod

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"Ichabod" is a famous 1850 anti-slavery poem by John Greenleaf Whittier lamenting Daniel Webster’s support of the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Ichabod canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addressesIssue enforcement of fugitive slave laws ⓘ
associatedWith New England abolitionism ⓘ
Whittier's political poetry ⓘ
author John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes Daniel Webster ⓘ
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
depicts moral decline of a public figure ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium American periodical press ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre anti-slavery literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
historicalContext American abolitionist movement ⓘ
Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
intendedAudience Northern U.S. readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice apostrophe ⓘ
biblical allusion ⓘ
invective ⓘ
literaryMovement American abolitionist literature ⓘ
mainTheme moral betrayal ⓘ
political protest ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
meter traditional rhymed verse ⓘ
moralStance condemnation of compromise with slavery ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-slavery ⓘ
portraysAs Daniel Webster as fallen statesman ⓘ
publicationYear 1850 ⓘ
titleAllusion Ichabod (biblical figure) ⓘ
tone condemnatory ⓘ
lamenting ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Greenleaf Whittier → notableWork → Ichabod ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Ichabod Alden → givenName → Ichabod ⓘ