Not A Man, And Yet A Man. By : A. A. Whitman / Albery Allson Whitman
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Albery Allson Whitman (1851-1901) was an African American poet, minister and orator. Born into slavery, Whitman created a successful career for himself as a writer, and during his lifetime was acclaimed as the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race". Throughout his lifetime he worked as a manual laborer, school teacher, financial agent, fundraiser and pastor. He died in Atlanta in 1901 of pneumonia.Whitman was born into slavery at a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky. After years as a manual laborer, working at a plowshop, on railroad construction and as a teacher, Whitman attended Wilberforce University in 1870. There he studied with Bishop Daniel Payne. Whitman stated that he wrote his 1877 poem Not a Man and Yet a Man so that "he might speak more effectively for Wilberforce
- | Author: A. a Whitman
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Dec 12, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 106 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1981662049
- | ISBN-13: 9781981662043
- Author:
- A. a Whitman
- Publisher:
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:
- Dec 12, 2017
- Number of pages:
- 106 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1981662049
- ISBN-13:
- 9781981662043