Recommendable!
The story of slavery in the United States is not black and white, it is complicated as the story of Phillis Wheatley is a testament of. Unfortunately, Ms. Wheatley died very young at 31!
"... On a 1773 trip to London with her master's son, seeking publication of her work, Wheatley met prominent people who became patrons. The publication in London of her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral on September 1, 1773, brought her fame both in England and the American colonies. Figures such as George Washington praised her work. ...
She was sold by a local chief [an West African] to a visiting trader, who took her to Boston in the British Colony of Massachusetts, on July 11, 1761,[8] on a slave ship called The Phillis."
She was sold by a local chief [an West African] to a visiting trader, who took her to Boston in the British Colony of Massachusetts, on July 11, 1761,[8] on a slave ship called The Phillis."
