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Young people may have heard of Langston Hughes’s poetry and Booker T. Washington’s quest for literacy, but they most likely have never heard of George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read and compose poetry, and who lived as a slave in North Carolina until he was sixty-six years old. Tate tells Horton’s story, omitting none of the sadness (he is sent away from his family at the age of seventeen to serve his master’s son) but still making the story accessible to the you...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read and compose poetry, lived as a slave in North Carolina until he was sixt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More