Poet

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.

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

People: George Moses Horton (1798?-approximately 1880)

Places: North Carolina