Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...
which Anderson's will sell on Jan. 20. One of these rarities is a first edition of "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of ...
This week, we’re celebrating Phyllis Wheatley, who was the first well-known black female poet in the western world and the first African-American to publish a book. Phyllis’s life started out ...
David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journey ... Wheatley was the first American Black woman to publish a book and was among the most famous writers of her time ...