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

By: Publication details: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.Description: xiv, 279 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780820333380 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0820333387 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811/.1 B 22
LOC classification:
  • PS866.W5 Z5827 2011
Contents:
"On being brought from Africa to America" -- "Thoughts on the works of Providence" -- "I prefer the verse" -- "A wonder of the age indeed!" -- "A farewell to America" -- "Now upon my own footing" -- "An elegy on leaving".
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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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS866 .W5 Z5827 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001185783

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-259) and index.

"On being brought from Africa to America" -- "Thoughts on the works of Providence" -- "I prefer the verse" -- "A wonder of the age indeed!" -- "A farewell to America" -- "Now upon my own footing" -- "An elegy on leaving".

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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