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Phillis Wheatley: An American Genius

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Oct 24, 2023
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Frontispiece for Phillis Wheatley's book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
From Smithsonian

Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped in Africa, brought to New England on a slave ship, and purchased by a wealthy Boston family in 1761. She had just lost her two front teeth, which likely…

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