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The Black Bard of North Carolina

George Moses Horton and His Poetry

By: Joan R. Sherman

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The Black Bard of North Carolina

George Moses Horton and His Poetry

By: Joan R. Sherman

For his humanistic religious verse, his poignant and deeply personal antislavery poems, and, above all, his lifelong enthusiasm for liberty, nature, and the art of poetry, George Moses Horton merits a place of distinction among nineteenth-century African American poets. Enslaved from birth until the close of the Civil War, the self-taught Horton was the first American slave to protest his bondage in published verse and the first black man to publish a book in the South. As a man and as a poet, his achievements were extraordinary. In this volume, Joan Sherman collects sixty-two of Horton's poems. Her comprehensive introduction--combining biography, history, cultural commentary, and critical insight--presents a compelling and detailed picture of this remarkable man's life and art. George Moses Horton (ca. 1797-1883) was born in Northampton County, North Carolina. A slave for sixty-eight years, Horton spent much of his life on a farm near Chapel Hill, and in time he fostered a deep connection with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of three books of poetry, Horton was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in May of 1996.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807864463

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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Moses Horton (Illustrated)

By: George Moses Horton

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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Moses Horton (Illustrated)

By: George Moses Horton

The first African-American author to be published in the United States, George Moses Horton was famously known as the ‘Slave Poet’. He spent most of his life enslaved in a North Carolina plantation, until Union troops reached the state in 1865. His three volumes of poetry cover a wide range of subjects in a variety of styles. Exhibiting a keen ear for rhythm and rhyme, his verses reveal a thorough understanding of human nature, exploring themes of slavery, freedom, politics, faith and love, while celebrating the rural beauty of Chatham County. Although his poetry failed to bring him freedom or profit, his enduring struggle and the beauty of his art have secured his place in the history of American literature, elevating the status of a black poet in a manner unprecedented for his time. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. For the first time in history, this volume presents Horton’s complete works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Horton’s life and works * Concise introduction to Horton’s life and poetry * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * The complete text of the collection ‘The Naked Genius’ — one of the rarest works of Americana * Includes rare uncollected verses * Features Horton’s autobiography— discover his incredible life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of George Moses Horton Brief Introduction: George Moses Horton The Hope of Liberty (1829) The Poetical Works of George M. Horton (1845) The Naked Genius (1865) Uncollected Poems The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Autobiography Life of George M. Horton

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Delphi Classics

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1801702128

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9781801702126

Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Moses Horton (Illustrated)

By: George Moses Horton

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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture: a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself. With Poems By A Slave

By: Venture Smith,George Moses Horton

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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture: a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself. With Poems By A Slave

By: Venture Smith,George Moses Horton

THE following account of the life of VENTURE, is a relation of simple facts, in which nothing is added in substance to what he related himself. If any should suspect the truth of what is here related, they are referred to people now living who are acquainted with most of the facts mentioned in the narrative. The reader is here presented with an account, not of a renowned politician or warrior, but of an untutored African slave, brought into this Christian country at eight years of age.GEORGE, who is the author of the following poetical effusions, Poems By A Slave, is a Slave, the property of Mr. James Horton, of Chatham County, North Carolina. He has been in the habit, some years past, of producing poetical pieces, sometimes on suggested subjects, to such persons as would write them while he dictated. Several compositions of his have already appeared in the Raleigh Register.

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1387359061

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The Poetical Works of George M. Horton

The Colored Bard of North-Carolina, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself

By: George Moses Horton

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The Colored Bard of North-Carolina, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself

By: George Moses Horton

The POETICAL WORKS of GEORGE M. HORTON, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina, to which is prefixed The Life Of The Author, Written by Himself.

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1456323245

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The Black Bard of North Carolina

George Moses Horton and His Poetry

By: George Moses Horton

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George Moses Horton and His Poetry

By: George Moses Horton

a book in the South, and the only slave to earn a significant income through the sale of his poems. As a man and as a poet, Horton's achievements were extraordinary. In this volume, Joan Sherman collects sixty-two of Horton's poems. Her comprehensive introduction - which combines biography, history, cultural commentary, and critical insight - presents a compelling and detailed picture of this remarkable man's life and art. Covering a wide range of poetical subjects in.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807846481

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9780807846483

The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author

By: George Moses Horton,Dennis Heartt

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The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author

By: George Moses Horton,Dennis Heartt

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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3368866990

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Publishing Blackness

Textual Constructions of Race Since 1850

By: George Hutchinson,John Young

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Publishing Blackness

Textual Constructions of Race Since 1850

By: George Hutchinson,John Young

From the white editorial authentication of slave narratives, to the cultural hybridity of the Harlem Renaissance, to the overtly independent publications of the Black Arts Movement, to the commercial power of Oprah's Book Club, African American textuality has been uniquely shaped by the contests for cultural power inherent in literary production and distribution. Always haunted by the commodification of blackness, African American literary production interfaces with the processes of publication and distribution in particularly charged ways. An energetic exploration of the struggles and complexities of African American print culture, this collection ranges across the history of African American literature, and the authors have much to contribute on such issues as editorial and archival preservation, canonization, and the "packaging" and repackaging of black-authored texts. Publishing Blackness aims to project African Americanist scholarship into the discourse of textual scholarship, provoking further work in a vital area of literary study.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472028928

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9780472028924

Vale of Humility

Plain Folk in Contemporary North Carolina Fiction

By: George Hovis

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Plain Folk in Contemporary North Carolina Fiction

By: George Hovis

An inviting look at the influence of the yeomans small farm on six modern southern writers

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570036969

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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture: a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself. With Poems By A Slave

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The Poetical Works of George M. Horton

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The Black Bard of North Carolina

The Black Bard of North Carolina

The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author

The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author

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