Title: Phillis Wheatley: young Colonial poet
Description: When Mrs. Wheatley bought the thin, frightened little black girl at the Boston slave market, she could not guess that the child would become a celebrated poet renowned throughout the colonies.
Subjects: Biography, Juvenile literature, American Poets, Slaves, African American poets, African Americans, Childhood and youth, Women
Places: United States
People: Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775