Phillis wheatley biography book

Written in Boston while she was just a teenager, and when she was still a slave, Wheatley’s work was an international sensation. In Phillis Wheatley, Vincent Carretta offers the first full-length biography of a figure whose origins and later life have remained shadowy despite her iconic status. During Phillis Wheatley’s trip to London in , her first book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published. Wheatley, a Black poet who was enslaved by a family in Boston, was a social success in London in part because of her literary talent. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
In , with financial support from the English Countess of Huntingdon, Wheatley traveled to London with the Wheatley's son to publish her first collection of poems, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral—the first book written by an enslaved Black woman in America.