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The slave Phillis Wheatley wrote her way to freedom when, in 1773, she became the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language. This text explores the pivotal roles that Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson have played in shaping the black literary tradition.Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. is the author of 'Trials of Phillis Wheatley America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers', published 0009 under ISBN 9780465027293 and ISBN 0465027296.
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