![]() “Can I then but pray / Others may never feel tyrannic sway?” Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope and Milton, she composed elegies for local elites, celebrated political events, praised warriors, and used her verse to variously lampoon, question, and assert the injustice of her enslaved condition. ![]() ![]() Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 pm, the Skylight Room, the Graduate CenterĪdmired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. David Waldstreicher on Phillis Wheatley in conversation with Elizabeth McHenry ![]()
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