George Moses Horton was the first African-American poet to be published in the Southern part of the United States. His book, 'The Hope of Liberty,' was published in 1828 while he was still enslaved. Horton was born into slavery on the plantation of William Horton in Northampton County, North Carolina. He was six of ten […]
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