John Greenleaf Whittier
American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 84
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound.
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Oil on canvas painting of John Greenleaf Whittier by Robert Peckham (artist) (1833). Housed at the John Greenleaf Whittier House.
Broadside publication of Whittier's Our Countrymen in Chains
Daguerreotype of John Greenleaf Whittier, c. 1855-60
Whittier's grave in Amesbury, Massachusetts
John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Burial of Barber" was inspired by the burial of abolitionist T. W. Barber (whose tomb is pictured in 2018).
The John Greenleaf Whittier Home in Amesbury, Massachusetts
United States postal stamp of Whittier, issued in 1940
