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Paperback Phillis Wheatley: Poet of the Revolutionary Era Book

ISBN: 0778708144

ISBN13: 9780778708148

Phillis Wheatley: Poet of the Revolutionary Era

(Part of the Understanding the American Revolution Series)

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Kidnapped from West Africa and sold as a slave in Boston in 1761, the young girl who became Phillis Wheatley grew up to become an icon during the period of the American Revolution. Given the last name of her owner, Wheatley lived as a household slave but was encouraged to read and write. Readers will get a close-up look at this young African woman who became a celebrated poet of her time, writing elegies, or tributes to people she admired, as well...

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