Bøger af George Moses Horton

Life of George M. Horton, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina is a short autobiography by the famous African-American poet.

George M. Horton was an African-American poet from North Carolina. He was the first African-American poet to be published in the Southern United States. His book was published in while he was still enslaved. Moses did not gain his freedom until 1865.

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Large Print Edition From the importunate request of a few individuals, I assume the difficult task of writing a concise history of my life. But to open a scene of all the past occurrences of my life I shall not undertake, since I should fail by more than two-thirds in the matter. But if you will condescend to read it, I will endeavor to give a slight specimen entirely clear of exaggeration. A tedious and prolix detail in the matter may not be of any expected, since there is necessarily so much particularity required in a biographical narrative.