Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

by Don Tate

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

Book Details

ISBN13	9781561458257
ISBN10	1561458252
Series/Work	OL20008408W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Peachtree
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

African American poets African Americans African americans, biography African americans, biography, juvenile literature age:max:9 age:min:6 award:Ezra_Jack_Keats_award grade:max:4 grade:min:1 Juvenile Juvenile literature lexile:730 lexile_range:701-800 North carolina, juvenile literature

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