Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Atlanta : Peachtree, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1561458252
- 9781561458257
- George Moses Horton
- Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880 -- Juvenile literature
- African American poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Freedmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Horton, G. T216 | Available | 33111008052421 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
George loved words. Enslaved and forced to work long hours, he was unable to attend school or learn how to read.
But he was determined―he listened to the white children's lessons and learned the alphabet. Then he taught himself to read.
Soon, he began composing poetry in his head and reciting it aloud as he sold fruits and vegetables on a nearby college campus. News of the enslaved poet traveled quickly among the students, and before long, George had customers for his poems. But George was still enslaved. Would he ever be free?
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate tells an inspiring and moving story of talent and determination in thispowerful picture book biography of George Moses Horton, the first southern Black writer to have his work published.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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."--Amazon.com.