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the witmans owned a huge farmland all of it was sold when Walter Whitman was born
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Walt whitman was born in West hills, Long Island, New York
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At the age of three walter Moved to boston
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Walter father unable to support the family he pulled walter out of school
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Walter decides to start teaching
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Walter moves out of new york to new orleands where he became editor of the creseant
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walter moves back to boston and starts his own "Free Soil" newspaper
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Walter is now known as the " American Bard at last"
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New york times states tha walter is as great as shakespher
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Whitman has a way of identifying with all Americans. Whitman sees himself in terms of others. He sees himself as a representative of America. He sees himself as universal.
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When Walt Whitman sings the Song of Myself, he is singing the song of Americans.
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Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally
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At one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy.
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he becomes know as the best american Writer
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When he died at age 72, his funeral became a public spectacle
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now he looks like he plays as gandalf
