Slaves no more
Slaves No More Back in 1979 Leon Litwack published a book called Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery, which featured the poem Slaves No More. This poem was very emotional and touching to me. Litwack expressed his feelings about the abolishment of slavery and some experiences he had being a slave in this poem. I will be explaining what this poem is about, what Leon Litwack was trying to say, and why I chose this topic to write about. First, I will explain my interpretation of what this poem was about. When I first read Slaves No More I did not understand it, so I had to re-read it a few times. At the beginning of the poem Litwack expressed his excitement and happiness of not being a slave anymore and how he will praise God for the rest of his life. In the next set of lines Litwack expresses how he use to pray to God about his problems and for him to please answer his prayers. In the third set of lines he expressed how he gave him details on what his days were like being a slave: the pain, feeling of shame, and suffering he had been through. In this same set of lines he expressed how he knew Jesus had heard him and that Jesus had let him know that he would not have to suffer for much longer. During the fourth set of lines in this poem Leon stated how he was to gather all his people (slaves) and to bring them to Jesus and he would save them, especially the abused slaves. In the last set of lines of the poem Litwack states how he will no longer have to go through the agony of being and slave due to Jesus setting him free. Next, I will let you know what I interpreted Leon Litwack to be stating in Slaves No More and what Litwack was trying to express throughout poem. Throughout the poem Litwack let us know that he had faith in God and prayed to him frequently; believing that God would get him out of his misery and protect him. Litwack never lost his faith in the Lord and even stated how God would respond to his prayers and gave him orders to