| Black Bard of North Carolina Contributor(s): Sherman, Joan R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807846481 ISBN-13: 9780807846483 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: For his humanistic religious verse, his poignant and deeply personal antislavery poems, and, above all, his lifelong enthusiasms for liberty, nature, and the art of poetry, George Moses Horton merits a place of distinction among nineteenth-century African American poets. Enslaved for sixty-eight years, the self-taught Horton was the first American slave to protest his bondage in published verse and the first black man to published a book in the South. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.4 |
| LCCN: 96-39347 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Chapel Hill Books |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.55" W x 9.27" (0.54 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sherman, Joan R.: - Joan R. Sherman is professor emerita of English at Rutgers University. She is author and editor of several books on nineteenth-century African American poets. |