The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Shirley Graham
- First Published: 1949
- Time of Work: 1761–1784
- Setting: Boston
- Principal Characters: Phillis Wheatley, John Wheatley, Susannah Wheatley, Mary Wheatley, Nathaniel Wheatley, Black Prince, John Lathrop, John Peters
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Authors or writers, Slavery or slaves, Poetry or poets, Writing, New England, American Revolution, Biography
- Locales: Boston, MA
Form and Content
In The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Shirley Graham tells young readers about one of the most amazing personages in American literature. Having survived the loathsome conditions of a slave ship, Wheatley, a six-year-old African girl, had no advantages as she was put on the auction block in Colonial Boston. Yet providence, in the person of Susannah Wheatley, interceded, and Phillis not only escaped most of the wretchedness of slave life but also left a legacy of work that has earned for her the distinction, in many scholars’ estimation, of being the first...
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