POEMS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY

Phillis Wheatley was America's first published Black poet. Her poems were published before the Revolutionary War and were recognized throughout the English speaking world. She was born in Africa, sold as a slave in America, and became a celebrity in Europe. In addition to the poems of Phillis Wheatley, this volume contains a short and poignant memoir of her life.
The Poems of Phillis Wheatley offers a meticulous and elegant presentation of the works of a woman who was at once the first significant black poet in America and one of the most challenging and accomplished colonial writers.