38 records matched your query       

Author:

Tate, Don.

Title:

Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton of Chapel Hill / Don Tate.

Publisher:

Peachtree,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Horton, George Moses,--1798?-approximately 1880--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American--19th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American poets--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--North Carolina--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Freedmen--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"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.

LCCN:

2015002407

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

GVPC501 -- Monroe Public Library (Monroe)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)