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Longfellow's other tale Notes emerging on his active role aiding ex-slaves

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20070225
Author:Michael Kenney

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After 200 years, can there be anything new about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

The bicentennial of his birth is Tuesday, and the answer from those involved with celebrating it is a firm "yes."

Research at the Longfellow National Historic Site on Brattle Street is uncovering information about the poet's role in the antislavery movement in the decades before the Civil War. And even Longfellow's poetry has received a favorable reassessment in a new book, "Longfellow Redux," by Christoph Irmscher.

As James Shea, who is leading the Longfellow research for the National Park ...

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