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Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.

Carretta, Vincent.
2011
PS866.W5 Z5827 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
Author
Carretta, Vincent.
ISBN
9780820333380 (alk. paper)
0820333387 (alk. paper)
Published
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Description
xiv, 279 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
PS866.W5 Z5827 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.1 B
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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