Poems by a Slave


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