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The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley : a poet's journeys through American slavery and independence /

"A paradigm-shattering biography of Phillis Wheatley, whose poetry was at the heart of the American Revolution"--

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Main Author: Waldstreicher, David, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784.
1600-1775
African American women poets > Biography.
Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
African American poets > Biography.
African American poets.
African American women poets.
Poets, American > Colonial period.
Enslaved persons.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Beginnings, The Table, The Tale
  • The Ship, The Trade, The Wars
  • The Town, The Families, The Youth
  • The Teachers
  • The Preachers
  • The Monarch, The Poets, The Subjects, The Enslaved
  • The Nations
  • The Occupation
  • The Friends
  • The Women
  • The Proposal
  • The Movement
  • The Moment
  • The Campaign
  • The Metropolis
  • The Emancipation
  • The Patrons
  • The Book
  • The Readers
  • The Barbarians
  • The Americans
  • The Free
  • The Ends
  • The Afterlives.
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • 1.
  • The Beginnings, The Table, The Tale
  • 2.
  • The Ship, The Trade, The Wars
  • 3.
  • Thetown, The Families, The Youth
  • 4.
  • The Teachers
  • 5.
  • The Preachers
  • 6.
  • The Monarch, The Poets, The Subjects, The Enslaved
  • 7.
  • The Nations
  • 8.
  • The Occupation
  • 9.
  • The Friends
  • 10.
  • The Women
  • 11.
  • The Proposal
  • 12.
  • The Movement
  • 13.
  • The Moment
  • 14.
  • The Campaign
  • 15.
  • The Metropolis
  • 16.
  • The Emancipation
  • 17.
  • The Patrons
  • 18.
  • The Book
  • 19.
  • The Readers
  • 20.
  • The Barbarians
  • 21.
  • The Americans
  • 22.
  • The Free
  • 23.
  • The Ends
  • 24.
  • The Afterlives.

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