Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
by Phillis Wheatley · 1773
Poetry · Classics
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The first book of poems published by an African American, written by Phillis Wheatley when she was a teenager, enslaved in Boston. Elegies, hymns and tributes in the classical style of her day, with her own voice breaking through.
Content note: Written in 1773, these poems are in the formal religious language of their time.
43 chapters
