History's Unsung Heroes

Phillis Wheatley-The Poet Who Broke Boundaries.


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Learn about the amazing work of Phillis Wheatley, the mother of black literature in America.


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Sources 

Carretta, Vincent. Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage. University of Georgia Press, 2011. 

Wheatley, Phillis. ‘To a Lady and her Children, on the Death of her Son and their Brother’, 1773. 

Hoose, Phillip M. We Were There Too. Phillip House, 2001. 

Michals, Deborah. 2015. http://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley. Visited 4/16/2025 

Waldstreicher, David. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley. Recorded Books, 2023. 

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