Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

Name: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral
Author: Phillis Wheatley

by Phillis Wheatley

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African American Writers

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Project Gutenberg

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Etext produced by Judith Boss HTML file produced by David Widger

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1996-01-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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American poetry -- African American authors American poetry

About the author

Phillis Wheatley

1753–1784

Taken from West Africa as a child and enslaved in Boston, she became one of the first published Black poets in the English-speaking world. Her work brought her international attention in the 1770s and made her a lasting figure in American literary history.

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