The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself.
Title
The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself.
Creator
Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880.
Date
1845
Description
Author: Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880.; Publication Information: Hillsborough [N.C.]: Printed by D. Heartt., 1845.
Source
AAS Catalog
Publication Information
Printed by D. Heartt
Place of publication
Hillsborough [N.C.]
Physical Description
96 p. ; 18 cm.
AAS Catalog Record
Documenting the American South Text
Notes
Includes autobiographical account and poetry. Published through subscription (?) as lists subscribers names at end.
Horton published poems in various antebellum newspapers in an attempt to raise funds for his freedom but remained enslaved until after Civil War. More on how Horton published his different books: https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/hortonpoem/summary.html
Horton published poems in various antebellum newspapers in an attempt to raise funds for his freedom but remained enslaved until after Civil War. More on how Horton published his different books: https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/hortonpoem/summary.html
Collection
Citation
Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880., “The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North-Carolina: to which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself.,” Black Self-Publishing, accessed March 29, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/blackpublishing/items/show/10997.