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The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers (Reprint Edition) by Henry Louis Gates, Basic Civitas Books Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-465-01850-5 / 0465018505 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01850-5 / 9780465018505 In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous black woman in the West. But Thoma |