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Branagan, (T.)

Thomas Branagan was bom In Dublin, Ireland, December 28, 1774. He exhibited a '
roving disposition from his early youth, and became a sailor. After visiting many for-
eign ports, he settled for a time on an estate in Antigua, W. I., where he became an over-
seer on two or three plantations in succession, remaining upwards of two years, and being
occupied in various w^ays for two more years. The condition of the slaves awakened his
sympathy, and led him to decide that he would never again become an overseer on a West
India plantation. At the age of not far fk-om thirty he came to the United States. He
warmly espoused the anti-slavery cause, and with pen and voice did everything in his power
to overthrow the system.
— Avenia ; or, A Tragical Poem on the Oppression of the Human

Species and Infringement on the Rights of Man. In six books.
With Notes, Explanatory and Miscellaneous. Written in Imita-
tion of Homer's Hiad. 12°, pp. 358. Philadelphia, 1805.
The design of this poem is to depict the horrors of the slave trade and of the system
of domestic slavery. l*his volume has been put into elegant binding, with gilt-edged
leaves, thoroughly cleaned, and its title-page made perfect, a piece torn fh>m the bottom
having been replaced.
— The Excellency of the Female Character, etc. 16°, pp. xii, 308.
New York, 1807.
— The Excellency of Virtue, etc. 16°, pp. iv, 228. Philadelphia, 1808.
— The Penitential Tyrant ; or, Slave-Trader Reformed : A Pathetic

Poem, in Four Cantos. Second Edition, enlarged. 18°, pp. vii,
290. New York, 1807.
Branch, (W., Jr.) Life. A Poem in Three Books. 12'', pp. xii, 218.
Richmond, 1819.
