Poet :
by Tate, Don
Edition statement:First edition Published by : Peachtree (Atlanta, Georgia) Physical details: 38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ISBN:9781561458257; 1561458252.
Subject(s):
Horton, George Moses,
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1798?-approximately 1880
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Horton, George Moses,
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1798?-approximately 1880.
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African Americans
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African American poets
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North Carolina
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North Carolina.
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Biography.
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Juvenile works.
Year: 2015
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| K-3 | Book Cart | j811.3 Tat (Browse shelf) | Available | 103075 |
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"In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time though not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse"--Publisher.