John Greenleaf Whittier

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John Greenleaf Whittier

• (1807 1892)

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Biography

• Born on December 17, 1807 in the Whittier
  Homestead in Haverhill, Massachusetts
• He was the second child, but the first son, of
  John and Abigail Whittier
• Most famous published works
• Snow Bound
• Barbara Frietchie
• The Brewing of Soma

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Biography

• First introduced to poetry during his attending
  of the district school during the winter term
• Supporter of the abolition of slavery in America
• Lived with his parents, siblings(a brother and
  two sisters), and his aunt and uncle in the
  Whittier Homestead

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Biography

• First two published works were Legends of New
  England(written in 1831) and the Moll
  Pitcher(1832)
• Died on September 7, 1892 in a friend's house in
  Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
• Currently buried, with the rest of his family, in
  Amesbury, Massachusetts

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John Greenleaf Whittier

• 1807-1892

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The Beginning

• DOB
• Birthplace
• Mother
• Father

• December, 17, 1807
• Haverhill Massachusetts
• Abigail Hussey
• John Hussey

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Early Life

• Born in a poor rural area.
• He became a good poet at a young age.
• His father didnt want him to write poetry.
• Whittier became a newspaper editor.

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Life and Ideals

• One of his first jobs was working at an
  antislavery news paper.
• He then made his own news pamphlet that insisted
  the abrupt end to slavery.
• People really didnt like his anti slavery ideas

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Later Life

• He was elected for Massachusetts state
  legislature
• He still worked to end slavery.
• He produced many things that opposed slavery.
• He retired to Amesbury Massachusetts.
• He wrote a large poem called snow-bound, which
  made him simultaneously famous and wealthy.

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Snow Bound

• A very very very very very very very very long
  poem.
• Around 800 lines

www.myweb.northshore.edu/users/sherman/whittier/ha
verhill/snowbound.com