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Author:

Doak, Robin S. (Robin Santos), 1963-

Title:

Phillis Wheatley : slave and poet / by Robin S. Doak.

Publisher:

Compass Point Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784.--Juvenile literature.
Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784.
Poets, American--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American poets--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American.
Slaves.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Ocean voyage -- Out of Africa -- Little slave -- An unusual girl -- Trip to England -- The book -- Free! -- Poet of the revolution -- A place in history.

Summary:

The story of a young girl, bought as a slave by a Boston family, who learned to write and later became a poet.

Series:

Signature lives

ISBN:

9780756509842
075650984X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61209775

LCCN:

2005002708

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

AEPA906 -- Blakesburg Public Library (Blakesburg)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

SLPC094 -- Tripoli Public Library (Tripoli)