My name is Phillis Wheatley

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The remarkable story of the young slave Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet. This book is a novelization of the life and hardships faced by Phillis Wheatley, whose life was devastated by slave traders. After being sold to Susanna Wheatley, Phillis is taught to read and write poetry. The plot contains descriptions of violence.

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