Phillis Wheatley [electronic resource] : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.

Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carretta, Vincent
Language:	English
Published:	Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Subjects:	Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784. African American women poets > Biography. Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography. Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2011 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO) eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage
Format:	Electronic eBook

Description
Summary:	Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.
Bibliography Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-259) and index.
ISBN:	9780820347042 (online)