Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery

{{Short description|Anthology of poems edited by James Basker}}

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Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery, 1660–1810 is a volume featuring more than 400 poems or poetic fragments by 250 Anglophone writers, edited by James Basker.{{Cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=Philip D. |last2=Carretta |first2=Vincent |date=2005 |title=Reviewed Work(s): Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery, 1660-1810 by James G. Basker |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25057425 |journal=Early American Literature |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=565–574 |doi=10.1353/eal.2005.0053 |jstor=25057425}} Most of the works are from the period between 1760 and 1810, reflecting growth in public awareness about slavery. Most of the poetry is antislavery, with a few exceptions including verse by John Saffin and James Boswell, who defended slavery as an institution.

Published in 2002 by Yale University Press, a revised edition was released in 2005.