The Age of Phillis

The Age of PhillisPoems imagine the life and times of Phillis WheatleyIn 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award winning writer Honore Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white

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Publisher : Museum of Modern Art

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