Phillis Wheatley: A Black Perspective.

Smith, Eleanor

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Publication Date: 1974

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Phillis Wheatley: A Black Perspective

Smith, Eleanor

Journal of Negro Education, 43, 3, 401-407, Sum 74

An historical analysis of the life of Phillis Wheatley, a black woman slave who wrote poetry during the Revolutionary period, interpreted from the perspective of her relationship to other black people of her time and the meaning of her life for black people today. (EH)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Literature, Black Studies, Poetry, Slavery

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