The Poems of Phillis WheatleyPhillis WheatleyLabel: Dover Publications Inc.Description: Born in Africa in 1753 Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped at the age of 7 and sold into slavery. At 19 she became the first black American poet to publish a book on which this volume is based. Wheatley's elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses into the origins of African-American literary traditions.
