Smithsonian Acquires Major Collection About Enslaved Poet
A statue of Phillis Wheatley in the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, with a copy of her 1773 book of poems. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has purchased a trove relating to Phillis Wheatley, the first American of African descent to…
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