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Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek
Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...
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Biography of 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley is winner of George Washington Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis ...
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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley
A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown ...
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First edition Phillis Wheatley poetry book acquired by Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
The frontispiece and title page of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral“ by Phillis Wheatley. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY SHIPS & MUSEUM This year marks the 250th anniversary of ...