Poetry1773

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Phillis Wheatley
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Pre-colonial Oral Traditions

Language

English

Genre

Poetry

About This Work

First book of poetry published by an African American, written while Wheatley was enslaved in Boston.

Literary Significance

First African-American published poet; proved Black intellectual equality to colonists

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