Title: Today in history
Description: Provides information on ex-slave and African American poet Phillis Wheatley. Links to information on her life and work. Also, offers information on John B. Hood, William T. Sherman, and the capture of Atlanta, Ga. in 1864. Links to information on Bell, Sherman, the Atlanta Campaign, and the Civil War.
Subjects: American Poets, Biography, Women and literature, Slaves, African American poets, Atlanta Campaign, 1864, History, Campaigns
Places: United States
People: Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), John Bell Hood (1831-1879), William T. Sherman (1820-1891)
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Civil War, 1861-1865