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“…‘The New England Boy’s Song.’”
“‘Over the river…’”
“Child self-published…”
“…an interracial love affair…”
“…patronage of critic George Ticknor…”
“…Boston’s intellectual community.”
“…kissed her hand.”
“…The Frugal Housewife…”
“…William Lloyd Garrison…”
“…inspired Child…”
“…three years of study…”
“…the country’s first book-length abolitionist tract…”
“…An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans…”
“On October 26, 1859…”
“…‘The New England Boy’s Song.’”
The original publication of the poem is a little muddled, but it’s far more likely that the poem appeared earlier in Child’s career. Flowers for Children appeared in multiple editions.
Child, L. M., (1844). Flowers for children: Part II. New-York: C.S. Francis & Co., 252 Broadway.
“‘Over the river…’”
Child, L. M., (1844). Flowers for children: Part II. New-York: C.S. Francis & Co., 252 Broadway, p. 25.
“Child self-published…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. 50.
“…an interracial love affair…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. 49.
“…patronage of critic George Ticknor…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. 52.
“…Boston’s intellectual community.”
Kenschaft, L. J. (2002). Lydia Maria Child: The quest for racial justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 23.
“…kissed her hand.”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. 61.
“…The Frugal Housewife…”
“…William Lloyd Garrison…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, pp. 92-93.
“…inspired Child…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. 93.
“…three years of study…”
Kenschaft, L. J. (2002). Lydia Maria Child: The quest for racial justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 43.
“…the country’s first book-length abolitionist tract…”
Moland LL. Lydia Maria Child : A Radical American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2022, p. xii.
“…An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans…”
“On October 26, 1859…”
Child, L. M., Wise, H. A., Mason, M. J. C. R., American Anti-Slavery Society., & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress). (1860). Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia. Boston: Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, p. 3.