The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley a poet's journeys through American slavery and independence

"Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a...

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Main Author: Waldstreicher, David (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
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