wheatley, phillis

"Describes the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American female poet"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the life of African American poet and slave Phyllis Wheatley.

Collects the letters, proposals, and poems--including extant works and variants--of eighteenth-century African-American writer Phillis Wheatley, who, a teenage female slave, became the first internationally well-known Black poet in the English language. Also includes writings by her contemporaries, and an introduction to her life and career.

Presents a collection of writings by nineteenth-century author Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American to publish a book of poetry.

A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.

Poetess and freed slave Phillis Wheatley writes a poem celebrating General George Washington's leadership in the American Revolution, and is invited to his camp to meet the future president.

A fictionalized biography of the girl who was brought to America from Gambia as a slave and who later gained fame as an African American poet of great renown, from her time in Africa until she gained her freedom.

The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important black American poet.

Poetess and freed slave Phillis Wheatley writes a poem celebrating General George Washington's leadership in the American Revolution, and is invited to his camp to meet the future president.

A biography of the African slave who was taken in and educated by a Boston couple and became well-known because of the poetry she wrote.