Poems by a Slave


Gelesen von 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)

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