Age
9+
Grade
3-4
Victoria Sherrow
Phyllis Wheatley
Paperback
(Chelsea House Pub March 1, 1993)
Phyllis Wheatley was born in West Africa, kidnapped by slave traders and brought to Boston in 1761 to live with a wealthy merchant family, the Wheatleys, as a domestic servant. With the help of the Wheatleys, she had a book of poetry published in London, the second woman in America to accomplish such a feat.
- Series
- Junior Black Americans of Achievement
- ISBN
- 0791020363 / 9780791020364
- Pages
- 80
- Weight
- 6.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 0.5
in.