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She survived the Middle Passage as a child and was purchased as a slave in 1761. By the time she turned twenty Phillis Wheatley became the most famous person of African descent in the world. By the strength of her talent and intelligence she forced her contemporaries to acknowledge her humanity and confront the inequity of her status as a slave. “HEAV’NLY TIDINGS FROM THE AFRIC MUSE: THE GRACE AND GENIUS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY,” a new biography by Richard Kigel, shows how Phillis Wheatley wrote her way to freedom.

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• Phillis Wheatley was a Middle Passage survivor.

• Phillis Wheatley arrived in this country as a slave, unable to read, write or speak a word of English to become the first African American and only the second woman to publish a book in America.

• By her own literary skill, creativity and natural intelligence in the face of virulent white supremacy, she forced those around her to acknowledge her humanity.

• Phillis Wheatley was regarded as a genius in her time and despite persistent efforts to discredit the intellectual abilities of people of African descent, genius remains part of her legacy.

• Phillis Wheatley was an eloquent advocate for freedom and a passionate supporter of the patriot’s cause.

• Her portrait of Lady Columbia re-imagined as a goddess of liberty gave us the first personification of the American spirit.

• Phillis Wheatley knew and corresponded with at least five of our Founding Fathers, all of whom praised her work.

• When she returned to Boston from London where she was free, Phillis Wheatley became the first person of African descent to claim an African-American identity.

• The first shipment of her books arrived from London on the same ship as the hated tea made infamous by the Boston Tea Party, forever linking Phillis Wheatley to one of the most iconic moments in American history.

• Phillis Wheatley can now be considered among the founder Mothers and Fathers of our nation and unofficial “Poet Laureate” of the American Revolution.