Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

By Wheatley, Phillis

Book Id: WPLBN0002950330
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File Size: 53.83 MB
Reproduction Date: 2011

Title:	Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Author:	Wheatley, Phillis
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Historic Publication Date:	1773
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Wheatley, B. P. (1773). Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American to publish a book of poetry in 1773. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at age seven, and bought by a wealthy Massachusetts family who taught her to read and write. Her extraordinary literary gifts led to the publication of her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, and to her eventual emancipation by her owners. Although some of the poems demonstrate an apparent acceptance of the racist values of the white slave-owning classes (which viewed Africans as savage), Wheatley's considerable talents simultaneously contradicted these stereotypes. ( Summary by Elizabeth Klett )

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Poetry