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MarjorieHudson1: So proud to talk with Doug McVadon on the Empowering Leadership podcast, talking about my new novel INDIGO FIELD and my project to lift up awareness of George Moses Horton, first Black man to publish a book in the South. Thank you Doug and Alice-Lyle!

mbpollardathlet: The girls’ soccer season opener is Monday 3/13 at 4:15pm against the George Moses Horton Wildcats!

cicuellar: Good Morning Friends. Inhale the rays of this morning’s sunrise there will never be another one exactly like it. ☀️ Oh! that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty! George Moses Horton

C19Americanists: Poets Division: Matchup 8 Walt Whitman vs George Moses Horton

iswearenglish: Praise Of Creation Poem by George Moses Horton - Summary Analysis - Praise Of Creation by George Moses Horton 1797 – 1885

CresskillMSHS: Today for Black History Month we are highlighting George Moses Horton

JMHSArts: SARAH HILL of George Moses Horton Middle will perform "Serenade” at Sing and Play '23, the student music competition on Thu Feb 23 where YOU pick the winners! ▶️ DON'T MISS SING AND PLAY '23! Here's more:

michellekafer: Pride in Heaven by George Moses Horton A poet of deep understanding about human nature and a keen mastery of the rhythm of words.

AnikaFreeindeed: George Moses Horton would write love poems for the students at UNC Chapel Hill and they would give him books from the canon like Paradise Lost, the Iliad and Plutarch. All you people trying to silence the story of the canon in Black history get on my nerves.

MarjorieHudson1: I've been giving this George Moses Horton Talk for 20 years. Now I can finally share it with you.

ChathamGOP: Chatham County Republican Convention The Chatham County Republican Party convention will be March 18 at 08:30 AM in the George Moses Horton Middle School gymnasium in Pittsboro. Registration closes at noon on March 16, and there is no on-site registration. See you there!

MoncureSports: What a great turn out for the rival classic basketball games between the Moncure Panthers and George Moses Horton!

wiki_vandalism: Wikipedia page George Moses Horton has possibly been vandalized.

sheliapmoses: When we were kids, Ma could not afford a lot of books. We read old newspapers from our neighbor, books from school and our encyclopedias. I want to change that for generations to come. The 1st George Moses Horton Book Festival will be held in my hometown on 9/30/23. Join us!

JustPlainSmith: George Moses Horton was a slave who taught himself to read and write, eventually publishing books of poetry. He is locally famous in Chatham County, NC, where I currently reside. This is a good article about him.

sonsofhistory: Read the article here:

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Bobbole4Bobbole: And wilt thou, love, my soul display, And all my secret thoughts betray? I strove but could not hold thee fast, My heart flies off with thee at last. George Moses Horton, The Lover's Farewell (thinking about The Kindly Ones again)

Viva58L: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton RHBKK1W

brandonbayne: The second picture features a “Moms for Liberty” sign in front of the marker. Don’t let the name fool you. If the Moms for Liberty had their way, you’d never learn about George Moses Horton. They wish that marker was not there.

brandonbayne: They ban books, and are especially focused on getting what they call “CRT” out of schools. Of course, they have no idea about CRT as a legal theory. Their main concern is to make sure their children will never have to learn about people like George Moses Horton.

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BorisDralyuk: A poem by George Moses Horton, whose “The Hope of Liberty” (1829) was the first collection of poems by an African American to be published in the South. He remained enslaved until 1865.

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VictorinaPress: Poem of the week: George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton The poet, who lived most of his life in slavery, uses his own name to title a stirring hymn to freedom

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b_rappaport: Alright we are underway here at George Moses Horton Middle School. Stan Beeks was the first candidate. The former marine emphasized his commitment to sound basic education and praised the trust of teachers in the current school board.

chathamjournal: Chatham County Board of Education accepting applications to fill vacancy. Board will hold special meeting on Thursday, October 6, at George Moses Horton Middle School to interview applicants. The Board will make its selection by majority vote that evening

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mbharrington501: The farmer hastens from the heat; The weary plough-horse droops his head; The cattle all at noon retreat, And ruminate beneath the shade. –George Moses Horton (ca. 1798–ca. 1883

chathamjournal: Mural proposed for George Moses Horton Middle School

platospupil: The farmer hastens from the heat; The weary plough-horse droops his head; The cattle all at noon retreat, And ruminate beneath the shade. –George Moses Horton (ca. 1798–ca. 1883)

strikeforcefit: The farmer hastens from the heat; The weary plough-horse droops his head; The cattle all at noon retreat, And ruminate beneath the shade. -- George Moses Horton

POETSorg: Sweet memory, like a pleasing dream, Still lends a dull and feeble ray —George Moses Horton

c_thorsson: And the allusion to George Moses Horton was a delightful surprise!

DebraContreras1: Austin Abbey Rare Books is pleased to offer a selection of 19th century decorated bindings & historic works. Included is a rare edition of George Moses Horton's Poems by a Slave-the only African American to publish a book while living in slavery.

IgboWiki: "George Moses Horton" was created on Wikipedia.

Chatham_Chamber: Leadership Chatham 2022 - May 18 Group Project - Create more awareness of the great poet, George Moses Horton George Moses Horton books were donated to schools, giving children an opportunity to learn more about this great man and how he excelled, despite being enslaved.

DeadPoetsDaily: ‘Early Affection’ by George Moses Horton

rajoyceUCB: —George Moses Horton, “Weep”

iah_unc: Eliza Richards (FFP ‘21) found that her "fellow Fellows provided a supportive environment” as she worked on her book on Black poet George Moses Horton. “Research and writing can be isolating… it was enormously helpful to work alongside others.”

UNCECL: Dr. Richards researched Horton during her tenure as a Hyde Fellow for the IAH. During her fellowship, she worked on The Collected Works of George Moses Horton: A Critical Edition, which will serve as the first complete critical edition of Horton’s work.

CHCInetwork: Eliza Richards discusses her project on 19th ct. NC poet George Moses Horton. While enslaved, Horton wrote commissioned poems for UNC students. Richards' project will be the first complete scholarly edition of Horton's work.

HowardAldrich: George Moses Horton: a Black poet from North Carolina and a prominent figure at UNC-Chapel Hill

WilsonLibUNC: Learn more about our Horton holdings at

UNC_Press: Coming 2023 from UNC Press: "The Complete Works of George Moses Horton, A Critical Edition" edited by Eliza Richards.

UNC_Press: "The most reliable and current introduction to his work: 'The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry' (UNC Press, 1997)."

boutelly: this week one of my classes is reading George Moses Horton and starting to think about their final projects: collaborative contributions to public-facing archives of Black literary history, including sites like Wikipedia and Genius.

Ps254queens: Students in 1-306 received their copies of “The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton Poet” for attending the February book of the month workshop!

JournalNow: The George Moses Horton Library, then the only public library in the city open to Black residents, started in old Patterson Avenue YMCA and operated until 1954.

ChathamNR: A new support activity at George Moses Horton Middle School led by Chatham’s Communities In Schools is a hit among participating students: Friday yoga classes.

cornelius_pr: ...a George Moses Horton reading, presentation and Q&A with artist Gil Horne Jr., and musical performances!

carolinewills03: Fred Joiner is reading a poem by George Moses Horton titled "A Visit to My Mother's Grave."

SpecNews1Triad: George Moses Horton was the first enslaved and African American author to publish a book in North Carolina.

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timesportal: In a Lost Essay, a Glimpse of an Elusive Poet and Slave (09/25/2017)

MarjorieHudson1: A little treat for Black History Month: After 25 years of advocacy, my county school board finally clarified that the middle school was named for THIS Horton: GEORGE MOSES HORTON, the first Black man to publish a book in the South. 1839. The Hope Of Liberty. He was enslaved.

ChristophersInc: The story by Don that first caught The Christophers’ attention was “Poet,” which tells the story of George Moses Horton, who was born into slavery, but taught himself to read despite all the obstacles in his way.

tonyrossimedia: The story by Don that first caught The Christophers’ attention was “Poet,” which tells the story of George Moses Horton, who was born into slavery, but taught himself to read despite all the obstacles in his way.

ChristophersInc: During our interview, Don Tate read a portion of George Moses Horton’s poem “Heavenly Love”: “Eternal spring of boundless grace! / It lifts the soul above, / Where God the Son unveils his face, / And shows that Heaven is love."

tonyrossimedia: During our interview, Don Tate read a portion of George Moses Horton’s poem “Heavenly Love”: “Eternal spring of boundless grace! / It lifts the soul above, / Where God the Son unveils his face, / And shows that Heaven is love."

RolandNC1: We are excited about new developments with our feature motion picture in development, The Black Bard. It is based on the true story of George Moses Horton, a historic person of color and the only American to publish a book while enslaved in 1826 North Carolina. Coming soon!!!

ChathamNR: Ness Shortley, George Moses Horton Middle School’s librarian, said CCS’s librarians will meet today to discuss the district’s book challenge policies — following recent national book challenges as well as a change in district supervision of librarians.

ChathamNR: "As a librarian, it’s a big part of my job is creating a collection that both represents the students we have and also exposes them to the diversity of the human experience..." Ness Shortley, George Moses Horton Middle School’s librarian, said.

cesta_stanford: Cecil Brown and Tylar Campbell are using VR to bring George Moses Horton, an extraordinary Black spoken word poet from the 19th century, to new audiences! Hear all about it tomorrow (2/1) 12pm PT, on Zoom:

cesta_stanford: Coming up at CESTA next week: Cecil Brown and Tylar Campbell on using VR to reconstruct the experience of George Moses Horton's 19thC oral poetry! Info and Zoom registration here:

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poetrywkshop21: "The bee, which courts the flower, Must with some pain itself employ, And then fly, at the day's last hour, Home to its hive with joy." From "The Graduate Leaving College" by George Moses Horton

ChathamNR: Last Thursday, two George Moses Horton Middle School cafeteria workers served students and staff a Thanksgiving feast, getting to school at 5 a.m. to cook.

mischievousbook: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Poet) by Don Tate. George loved words, but he was enslaved. He didn't go to school. So George taught himself how to read. Later, he became the first southern African-American man to be published.

NoTetherZone: "Tryna" is AAVE. Jamaica "gained independence" in 1962. We were writing books and making moves way before that SN: this pic is Martin Delany I don't know why they use it for George Moses Horton.

GMHMiddle: Did you know?…George Moses Horton Middle School now has a Boys and Girls Club on our campus? Visit

RDGStout: Methinks I hear some constant groan, The din of all the dead, While trembling thus I lie alone, Upon this restless bed. —George Moses Horton

ChathamCoSch: George Moses Horton: 'We want every student to find joy in learning' Join us for this week's podcast to learn more about how George Moses Horton is serving its students and our community.

ChathamNR: The News + Record spoke with Traci Newby to learn more about his background and goals for the new Pittsboro Boys & Girls Club. The club opens to members on Oct. 18. Registration for area youth will begin on Sept. 22 at George Moses Horton Middle School.

platospupil: When youth’s bright sun has once declined      And bid his smiling day expire,  Mem’ry, thy torch steals up behind,      And sets thy hidden stars on fire. –George Moses Horton (1798–?)

kevblue777: When youth’s bright sun has once declined And bid his smiling day expire, Mem’ry, thy torch steals up behind, And sets thy hidden stars on fire. –George Moses Horton (1798–?)

HabbyMomma: When youth’s bright sun has once declined And bid his smiling day expire, Mem’ry, thy torch steals up behind, And sets thy hidden stars on fire. –George Moses Horton (1798–?)

TeresaABacon2: Good Morning, Welcome to My World When youth’s bright sun has once declined And bid his smiling day expire, Mem’ry, thy torch steals up behind, And sets thy hidden stars on fire. –George Moses Horton (1798–?)

oolasha: When youth’s bright sun has once declined And bid his smiling day expire, Mem’ry, thy torch steals up behind, And sets thy hidden stars on fire. –George Moses Horton (1798–?)

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JMHSArts: Oh! that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty! — George Moses Horton

ChathamNR: After meeting at George Moses Horton Middle School and the Central Services Office building throughout the pandemic, the Chatham County Schools Board of Education will meet at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse for its next regular meeting on Sept. 13.



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