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Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage Vincent Carretta
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 866 .W5 C37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carretta, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
- Wheatley, Phillis.
- African American women poets--Biography.
- African American women poets.
- Poets, American--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Physical Description:
- p. cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
- Contents:
- "On being brought from Africa to America"
- "Thoughts on the works of Providence"
- "I prefer the verse"
- "A wonder of the age indeed!"
- "A farewell to America"
- "Now upon my own footing"
- "An elegy on leaving".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line: Manuscript, Phillis Wheatley, "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," Simon Gratz Collection [0250A, Poetry and Prose, American Author series.
- ISBN:
- 9780820333380 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0820333387 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 719714733
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