Phillis Wheatley: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral and A Memoir of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave
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In 1773, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral became the first book of poetry by an African-American author to be published. At the tender age of seven, Phillis had been brought to Massachusetts as a slave and sold to the well-to-do Wheatley family. There, she threw herself into education, and soon she was devouring the classics and writing verse with whatever she had to hand - odes in chalk on the walls of the house. Once her talent...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1804470007
ISBN13:9781804470008
Release Date:January 2022
Publisher:Renard Press Ltd
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.29 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
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