Poems on various subjects, religious and moral by Phillis Wheatley
"Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" by Phillis Wheatley is a collection of 39 poems published in 1773. This groundbreaking work made Wheatley the first published African-American woman poet in America. Unable to find a publisher in the American colonies due to widespread beliefs about racial inferiority, Wheatley turned to London. Before publication, she faced an extraordinary examination by eighteen prominent Boston figures, including John Hancock, who attested that an enslaved
woman could indeed write poetry. Her collection arrived in Boston aboard the Dartmouth, miraculously surviving the Tea Party protests. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 |
|---|---|
| Title | Poems on various subjects, religious and moral |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_on_Various_Subjects,_Religious_and_Moral |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American poetry -- African American authors |
| Subject | American poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 409 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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