Author

Publication

2015 - Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia

Language

English

Word Count

9,500 words, Guess

Page Count

38 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC811.4
  • LCCPS1999.H473Z88 2015

Description

In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time, although not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse.

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Other Editions

  • Poet: the remarkable story of George Moses HortonPeachtree Publishers2015-01-01

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