Amelia Opie

Overview

Amelia Opie (née Alderson) born Norwich, England November 12, 1769 (d. 1853). Quaker; pacifist; Romantic poet and novelist; abolitionist.

Quotations

The Negro toils and bleeds and dies.
The ships to English country go,
And bear the hardly-gotten treasure.
Oh! That good Englishmen could know
How Negroes suffer for their plea.
("Black Man's Lament", 1826; photo by husband, Historic Norfolk)