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George Moses Horton, slave bard of North Carolina, was "the first Negro professional man of letters in America and one of the first professional writers of any race in the South." Horton's three volum...
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In the following essay, Weeks offers a brief overview of Horton's life and literary works.
“Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.” ...
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In the following essay, from the first and only biography of Horton, Walser details Horton's years as a poet-for-hire among the students at the University of North Carolina.
When he was ninetee...
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In the following essay, Farrison intersperses biographical information about Horton with commentary on his poems about antislavery and freedom.
During his sixty-eight years in slavery in North Carolin...
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In the following essay, O’Neale analyzes Horton's poem “The Slave” to argue that Horton used biblical symbolism to voice his antislavery sentiments.
George Moses Horton, th...
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In the following essay, Cobbs argues that Horton's first published book of poetry has a common theme throughout what some critics have called a random assortment of poems—the motif of fl...
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George Moses Horton
Critical Essay by Stephen B. Weeks
