Phillis Wheatley
By: Merle Richmond.
Series: American women of achievement
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 -- Juvenile literature; Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784; Poets, American -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Poets, American; Slaves; African Americans -- Biography; Women -- Biography
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Traces the life of the black American poet who was born in Africa, brought over to New England as a slave, and published her first poem while still a teenager.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 106.
Includes index.