Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage

by Vincent Carretta

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With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman--of any race or background-- to do so in America. Written in Boston while she was just a teenager, and when she was still a slave, Wheatley's work was an international sensation. In Phillis Wheatley, Vincent Carretta offers the first full-length biography...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0820333387

ISBN13:9780820333380

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:University of Georgia Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.33 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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African-American Studies Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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