page_title: Albery Allson Whitman
hierarchical_section_title: Albery Allson Whitman
caption_attribution_description: English: Front piece and signature from The Rape of Florida By Albery Allson Whitman
context_page_description: Albery Allson Whitman 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Front piece and signature from the 1884 publication of The Rape of Florida
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