Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784 is an interesting case.
She was a slave and superstar poet of the day and freely traveled to Europe and back on her own. She wrote about the crime of slavery and the fact that she had been freed from the barbarism of Africa. She wrote the eulogy for George Whitefield’s funeral.
The left wildly oversimplify things for a reason.
Interesting!
I’ve never heard of her, so I did a bit of searching and found this:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/phillis-wheatley
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