Poems by a Slave


Lu par Elsie Selwyn

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This book of poems, published originally in 1829 and reprinted in 1837, was the second book written by George M. Horton. It addresses themes of love, Christianity, slavery, death, and nature.

Horton was remarkable for several reasons: he was the first Black person and the first enslaved person to publish a book in the United States. He was the first enslaved person to protest their bondage through poetry. He is also the author of the first book of literature published in North Carolina. Horton attempted to gain enough money from publishing his poetry to buy his freedom. Unfortunately, this did not work, and Horton remained enslaved until 1865 when he was 67 years old. He traveled to Philadelphia but, disappointed with the racial discrimination even in the North, he emigrated to Liberia in 1867. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn (0 hr 47 min)

Chapitres

Explanation and Preface to the Second Edition 6:47 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Praise of Creation 2:32 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Silence of a Young Lady 2:18 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
The Lover's Farewell 1:42 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On Liberty and Slavery 2:05 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
To Eliza 1:12 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Love 1:16 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Death of an Infant 1:09 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
The Slave's Complaint 1:23 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Truth of the Saviour 1:57 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On Spring 2:08 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On Summer 2:32 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On Winter 2:02 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Heavenly Love 1:26 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Death of Rebecca 2:05 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On Death 2:12 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Evening and Morning 2:05 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
On the Poetic Muse 1:36 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Consequences of Happy Marriages 2:27 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
Lines 3:12 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
To the Gad-Fly 1:53 Lu par Elsie Selwyn
The Loss of Female Character 1:46 Lu par Elsie Selwyn