Poet

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.

Year

2015

Language

English

Publisher

Peachtree Publishers

Editions

3

Pages

38

ISBN

9781561458257

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