Phillis Wheatley: Poet of the Revolutionary Era

Phillis Wheatley: Poet of the Revolutionary Era is a biography about Phillis Wheatley, a young African woman who was kidnapped from West Africa and sold as a slave in Boston in 1761. Given the last name of her master, Wheatley grew up to become a celebrated poet during the American Revolution, writing elegies in tribute to people she admired and poems about America's struggle for independence. The book examines how this talented writer, who was encouraged to read and write by her owners, became a literary icon of her time.