Kidnapped from an unknown location in Africa as a child and put aboard a slave ship to America, Phillis Wheatley arrived at Boston in July 1761. The wealthy evangelical merchant John Wheatley and ...

A new biography of Phillis Wheatley places her in her era and shows the ways she used poetry to criticize the existence of slavery. By Tiya Miles. Heritage Art / Heritage Images / Getty.

The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's ...

In Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage, scholar Vincent Carretta argues for a subtler reading. He writes, "Such critics confuse accommodation with appropriation." ...

Vincent Carretta’s “Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage’’ is billed as the first full-length biography of the first truly significant African-American writer.

The author of a new biography of poet Phillis Wheatley has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journey Through American Slavery and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Ph… ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of ...