Sung at abolitionist gatherings, this song is a declaration of war on slavery. The words of the song itself were written by the famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, and they were set to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.”  “Auld Lang Syne” is very widely used to symbolize other “endings/new beginnings”

Das Lied soll Abolitionisten ermutigen, stark zu bleiben und sich den Befürwortern der Sklaverei im Kampf für Freiheit und Freiheit in den Vereinigten Staaten zu widersetzen.  Europäisch-amerikanische Abolitionisten schufen Lieder, um andere davon zu überzeugen, sich ihrer Bewegung anzuschließen, viele davon basieren auf christlichen Hymnen.

Live:

1.  I am an Abolitionist!  I glory in the name; 
Though now by slavery’s minions hissed, 
And covered over with shame; 
It is a spell of light and power, 
the watch-word of the free; 
Who spurns it in the trial-hour, A craven soul is he.

2.  I am an Abolitionist!  Then urge me not to pause, 
For joyfully do I enlist in Freedom’s sacred cause; 
A nobler strife the world never saw, 
the Enslaved to disenthrall; 
I am a soldier for the war, whatever may befall.

3.  I am an Abolitionist!  No threats shall awe my soul; 
No perils cause me to desist, No bribes my acts control; 
A freeman will I live and die, In sunshine and in shade, 
And raise my voice for liberty, Of nought on earth afraid.

I am an Abolitionist!  I glory in the name; 
Though now by slavery’s minions hissed, 
And covered over with shame; 
It is a spell of light and power, 
the watch-word of the free; 
Who spurns it in the trial-hour, A craven soul is he.