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A Voice of Her Own

The Story of Phillis Wheatley Slave Poet

by Kathryn Lasky, Paul Lee · 2003

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A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.

BiographyJuvenile literatureAmerican PoetsSlavesAfrican American poetsAfrican American women poetsAfrican AmericansWomenColonial period1000blackgirlbooksWheatley, phillis, 1753-1784African americans, biography, juvenile literature