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African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: AN ANTHOLOGY (1st Edition) by Joan R. Sherman (Editor) Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1992 ISBN-10: 0-252-06246-9 / 0252062469 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06246-9 / 9780252062469 George Boyer Vashon (1824-78), a brilliant teacher, attorney, and author, was the first African American to graduate from Oberlin College and the first to become a lawyer in New York state. He was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the son of the eminent abolitionist John Bethume Vashon. George went |