Slavery Poems | Examples of Slavery Poetry

She died in a body she hated Her last memory was watching herself get assassinated How she died isolated Surrounded by a see of white faces Who stood there being witnesses To something that would be talked about across the ages Her blood had painted the pavement The cop stood there admiring his painting She died in a body...

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The white man stole their land now the red man has the blues the white man sold their families and the black man's still ill-used the white man shot the American buffalo now the red man sings the blues the white man put their people in chains and the black man's grief accrues the white house is to blame the Government just the same the...

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Their blood was the poison that would kill them Their presence blinding That's why they hate them They come too close and try to touch them But they didn't know that we are the sun That trying to block out the sun Would become their biggest problem Actions have consequences And we were their karma The one thing they...

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Not only did they colonise land They colonised history too They decided to make history a blank canvas To start anew By painting over the colour in white paint Hiding the accomplishments of tge black race They say slavery was in the past We need to move on But continously teach us about the holocaust And when a black...

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AS THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GATHER SLAVE DECENDANTS TO BE LYNCHED OVER AND OVER AGAIN SIMPLY BECAUSE PETER GARGANO WAS FIRCED TO FAKE HIS DEATH TO COVER DRUG SMUGGLERS FROM MILWAUKEE TO COVER CAR BOMBS IGNITING MY FACE I AM TRULY BLESSED MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND IS INDEED MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR WE FORGOT RACISM...

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We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar After poem by Olabosoye Wemimo Olaoluwa Love of our land's labour should make us proud; The efforts, time, and energy put through... Well enough to place our pride clear as vowed. But we wear the mask of pain we don't plowed, When slavery is to labourers in blue... Love of our land's labour...

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The absurdity of the lies you convince yourself of The lies that we are the problem and your not But your envy betrays you The one thing that you want But can't have Our blackness Your colonisation skills have failed you After all its the one thing you can't take from us You're so full of hatred You erupt like...

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Salt of The Earth, My thirst for knowledge, Took me to the edge, I wedge myself safely in place, As I face the onslaught, It's not like I thought, Its nothing that could be bought, Taught to endure, I hold sure to the promise, Keeping my heart pure, I search for a cure, A chance...

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In stars above our secrets hang— Our naked past unspoken of Veiled words that the talking drums bang In stars above Silent choirs delight our chain gang Even sun yolks; friendly folks shove And shout below, still mercies sang Contentment rests as a sweet dove On shoulders shattered so, they rang Minced bones jangling, but God does love In stars above...

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He reflected on the life he had lived Staring out the window watching his kids with his grandkids They were his greatest gifts He also felt this quiet melancholy of putting them in a position To survive In a world filled with racists He hoped they would outlive him He hoped he would end up in a casket...

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The case of lynching vs suicide A black man Hangs Lifeless Silent Eerie The only sound Is the wind thrashing around As it surrounds The black man Screaming loud Trying to get the man to make a sound The wind howled In pain In agony Watching as the whole town Laughing like he was some kind of clown The police never showed In the...

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Who benefits from my belief? Because the last I checked it wasn't me I mean I am a black girl Living In a racist misogynistic world Because why would I worship a god who allowed my people to suffer Yet caters to the needs of our oppressors Allows them to call us s Why would I believe Why would...

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They claimed they freed us But if chains instead of whips Was your idea of freedom We'd rather be dead At least then we wouldn't have to deal with your racism All you did was remove the sun Put is in solitary confinement Psychologically tortured us If this is your idea of an apology We'd hate to see the solution Was...

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The struggle for America’s soul now almost 250 years old Shoulder-to-shoulder at her border freedom contends with law’n’order From ‘Give me liberty or give me death’ ...

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Natives interrupted Guns pointed to their chests Blown away like beautiful dandelions Into that sweltering sun Americans lollygag In their newly claimed land Under that grand old flag Slaving away, picking cotton Under the South’s heat of injustice Scarred with inhumane treatment Sweating tears and pain Burdens heavier than sandbags Yes, they’re slaving away Under that southern flag Stripped away from homes and work And terrorized prior still No voice spoke...

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