The Black Romantic RevolutionDuring the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writersenslaved and freeallied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation and to envision the end of slavery as a world historical moment of possibility. These Black writers borrowed from the European tradition of Romanticismlyric poetry, prophetic visionsto write, speak, and sing their hopes for what freedom might mean. At the same time,