{"product_id":"the-black-bard-of-north-carolina-george-moses-horton-and-his-poetry-chapel-hill-books-9780807846483","title":"The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry (Chapel Hill Books)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 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 Hortons poems. Her comprehensive introduction  combining biography  history  cultural commentary  and critical insight  presents a compelling and detailed picture of this remarkable mans life and art.  George Moses Horton (ca. 17971883) 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647897919541,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807846481","price":27.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807846483.jpg?v=1781699457","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-black-bard-of-north-carolina-george-moses-horton-and-his-poetry-chapel-hill-books-9780807846483","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}