Phillis Wheatley: A Revolutionary Poet
by Jacquelyn McLendon • Part of the Library of American Lives and Times Series
Phillis Wheatley was just another child kidnapped into slavery from Senegal, until... read more
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- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2003
Word Count 14,881
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 62675, 3 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
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- Wheatley, Phillis
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- Slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography
- Slaves
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