Phillis Wheatley chooses freedom : history, poetry, and the ideals of the American Revolution

Phillis Wheatley chooses freedom : history, poetry, and the ideals of the American Revolution / G.J. Barker-Benfield.

Author/creator	Barker-Benfield, G. J. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Description	ix, 221 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. African American women poets--Biography. Poets, American--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 --Biography. Enslaved women--United States --Biography

Contents	Introduction -- Britain sends an African missionary to Africa -- Prospects of an American mission to Anomabu -- From Africa to America -- Wheatley gains Huntingdon's patronage -- The publication of Wheatley's Poems on various subjects, religious and moral -- Married in Africa or free in America -- Freedom and death.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Biography.
LCCN	2017054988
ISBN	9781479879250 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1479879258 hardcover ; alkaline paper
Standard identifier#	40028446265
Technical rpt#	(Coutts)041442985

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS866 .W5 Z56 2018	✔ Available	Place Hold