Hugh Mulligan, Poems Chiefly on Slaver and Oppression, 1788. Gale ECCO, 2018. Courtesy iMusic.
Hugh Mulligan (1784-1788 fl.) was an Irish poet.
Life[]
Little information is available on Mulligan.[1]
Apparently of Irish origin, he worked in Liverpool, England, where he was a friend of William Roscoe. Like Roscoe, he was an abolitionist, and wrote poems against the slave trade.[1]
He died in 1805 or 1806, apparently in poverty; Edward Rushton's poem "On the Death of Hugh Mulligan" (published in Poems, 1806) mentions how he
- 'Mid the blasts of obscurity pined,
- While he droop'd all obscure and forlorn[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Poems Chiefly on Slavery and Oppression. London: W. Lowndes, 1788.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugh Mulligan (1760 ca.-1788 fl.), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic & State University. Web, Aug. 26, 2016.
- ↑ Edward Ruston, "On the Death of Hugh Mulligan," Poems (1806) 28-30. English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic & State University. Web, Aug. 26, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Hugh Mulligan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 26, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- Hugh Mulligan (1760 ca.-1788 fl.) info & 5 poems at English Poetry, 1579-1830
- Books
- Poems Chiefly on Slavery and Oppression at Amazon.com
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