The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers
Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the life and legacy of Phillis Wheatley, presented as America’s first Black poet. Focusing on her literary significance and encounters with the Founding Fathers, this book considers Wheatley’s place within the cultural and political history of the nation’s formative era.
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This book focuses on Phillis Wheatley, identified in its title as America’s first Black poet.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores Wheatley’s literary significance and her place in American history.
The narrative also considers her encounters with the Founding Fathers during the formative period of the United States.
Together, these subjects connect poetry, race, authorship, and the nation’s founding era.
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