| Description |
xiv, 279 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index. |
| Contents |
"On being brought from Africa to America" -- "Thoughts on the works of Providence" -- "I prefer the verse" -- "A wonder of the age indeed!" -- "A farewell to America" -- "Now upon my own footing" -- "An elegy on leaving". |
| Summary |
Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager. |
| Subject |
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
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Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. |
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African American women poets -- Biography.
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African American women poets. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Poets, American -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780820333380 cloth alkaline paper |
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0820333387 cloth alkaline paper |
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