Not a man, and yet a man. By: A. A. Whitman / Albery Allson Whitman /

By Albery Allson Whitman and A a Whiteman

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981662049
• ISBN13: 9781981662043
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"