2015
First Published
4.36
Average Rating
36
Number of Pages
In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his timethough not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse.
Avg Rating
4.36
Number of Ratings
835
5 STARS
51%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
10%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
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