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Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave.

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Title
Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave.
Names
Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880 (Author)
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 (Author)
Odell, Margaretta Matilda (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1838
Place: Boston
Publisher: I. Knapp
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-961 [pt. 1-F]
Topics
Authors, Black
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Enslaved women
1700-1799
African American women poets
Biography
Poetry
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: Memoir (p. [11]-36) by Margaretta Matilda Odell
Citation/reference: *ZZ-9650
Content: Miscellaneous poems, by Phillis Wheatley. - p. 45-155
Content: Poems by a slave, by George Moses Horton
Physical Description
Microforms
Extent: 155 p. port.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10234991
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f3a7ec00-c553-012f-0958-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1838: Issued
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1838. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92717f16-c3fe-a9c0-e040-e00a18062913

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92717f16-c3fe-a9c0-e040-e00a18062913

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1838). Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92717f16-c3fe-a9c0-e040-e00a18062913

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Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Also, Poems by a slave.