Reading Randolph of Roanoke | Alexandria
Read Randolph of Roanoke by John Greenleaf Whittier. Wielding poetry as prophecy, Whittier's portrait of Randolph exposes how principled opposition can become moral tragedy - a Southern aristocrat whose fierce defense of liberty ironically perpetuated slavery's chains. His tale warns how righteousness, unchecked by compassion, breeds its own undoing.