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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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ISBN/UID: 0465018505
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In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley w...
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![The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers by Henry Louis Gates Jr.](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-2a45d917f8f8061888e77f7aae688f59aacb0ece1262c264eaa3ca9f1dfd07e8.jpg)
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
129 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0465018505
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley w...