Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American, and only second American woman, to publish a book of poetry. Born around Gambia and captured by slave traders as a child, Wheatley’s book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in 1773, while she was still enslaved.
1773
Givens Collection of African American Literature
University of Minnesota Libraries