01500cam a2200385 i 4500 544143184 TxAuBib 20211221120000.0 150216s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781561458257 hc. 1561458252 hc. (OCoLC)907120907 TxAuBib rda Poet : the Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate. Remarkable story of George Moses Horton : poet. George Moses Horton, Poet. First edition. Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, [2015] 38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time though not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse"--Publisher. Elementary Grade. 730 Lexile. Accelerated Reader 4.5. Reading Counts! 4.5. 20211221. African Americans Biography Juvenile literature. YT4