George Moses Horton
Inscription
Slave poet. His The
Hope of Liberty (1829)
was first book by a
black author in South.
Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.
Location
AddressUS 15/501 at SR 1700 (Mount Gilead Church Road) north of Pittsboro
CityFearrington Village
CountyChatham
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.793633, -79.099835
Sources
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