BookDragon My Name is Phillis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom Tag

02 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Black/African American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

At just age 19, in the year 1773, the American slave Phillis Wheatley made her literary debut to a welcoming London audience waiting to hear from her upcoming poetry collection. Born free in Senegal, the young poet – originally named Penda Wane – was captured...