Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage
- ISBN-10
- 0820333387
- ISBN-13
- 9780820333380
- Series
- Phillis Wheatley
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Author
- Vincent Carretta
Description
Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.
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