The Bard

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The story of George Moses Horton, an enslaved poet in 19th-century North Carolina who used his writing to resist bondage and seek freedom.

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8 members

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David Gyasi

George Moses Horton

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Julia Schlaepfer

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Michael McElhatton

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David Strathairn

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Joseph Lee Anderson

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Jay R. Ferguson

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Adina Porter

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Dylan Arnold

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