NC-H108 George Moses Horton ca. 1798-1883

Marker text: George Moses Horton ca. 1798-1883
Slave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.
North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2005

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Location: US 15 / US501 (northbound), north of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina

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