The Trials of Phillis Wheatley : America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers.
In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous black woman in the West. But Thoma...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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New York :
Perseus Books Group,
2009.
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