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Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.

Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

A biography of the writer whose works reflect the traditions, feelings, and experiences of African Americans.

"The life of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with sayings and poems in spite of South Carolina's slave anti-literacy laws in the years leading up to the Civil War. Includes afterword, author's note, and sources"--Provided by publisher.

This is a biography of the slave who was taken in and educated by a Boston couple and became well-known because of the poetry she wrote.