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First edition Phillis Wheatley poetry book acquired by Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Part of the celebration will include an unveiling by the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum of its newest acquisition, a first-edition copy of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry book, “Poems on Various Subjects, ...
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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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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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The incredible true story of the captured poet who wrote her way to freedom
This week, we’re celebrating Phyllis Wheatley, who was the first well-known black female poet in the western world and the first African-American to publish a book. Phyllis’s life started out ...
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Biography of 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley is winner of George Washington Prize
David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journey Through ... Wheatley was the first American Black woman to publish a book and was among the most famous writers of ...