A poet’s life in colonial Boston
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A poet’s life in colonial Boston
Set in 1761, Ann Rinaldi’s historical novel traces Phillis Wheatley’s early life after she is taken from Senegal and enslaved in Boston. The Wheatley family gives her the name by which she becomes known, and her intellectual life develops within the constraints of slavery. The story connects one young person’s experience to the history of literary authorship in colonial America, presenting Wheatley’s emergence as the country’s first published Black poet as its central subject.
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Kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, a young girl is purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family in Boston. Phillis Wheatley--as she comes to be known--has an eager mind and it leads her on an unusual path for a slave--she becomes America's first published black poet. "Strong characterization and perceptive realism mark this thoughtful portrayal."--Booklist
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