Phillis Wheatley
Subtitle: legendary African-American poet
By: Cynthia Salisbury.
Series: Historical American biographies
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
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: Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.