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Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to publish a book
Despite her literary success, Phillis Wheatley faced numerous challenges in her later years. She was granted freedom after the publication of her book in 1774 but struggled financially.
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‘250 Years of Phillis Wheatley’: Where African-American literary history began
It covers the first edition of Phillis Wheatley’s most renowned work — “Poems on Various ... the Children’s Cooperative Book Center in the School of Education and their own private collection, the ...