| Freedom's Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley Contributor(s): Lawton, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802476392 ISBN-13: 9780802476395 Publisher: Moody Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: In 1761 Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. But she didn't let her circumstances keep her down. She learned to read and write in English and Latin and showed a natural gift for poetry. By the time she was twelve, her elegy at the death of the great pastor George Whitefield brought her world-wide acclaim. Phillis became known to heads of state, including George Washington himself, speaking out for American independence and the end of slavery. She became the first African American to publish a book, and her writings would eventually win her freedom. But more importantly, her poetry still proclaims Christ almost 250 years later. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - United States |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008034333 |
| Series: Daughters of the Faith |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.5" W x 7.5" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daughters of the Faith: ordinary girls who did extraordinary things for God. 1761--Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Africa and brought to America as a slave. But she didn't let her circumstances keep her down. She learned to read and write in English and Latin, and showed a natural gift for poetry. By the time she was twelve, her elegy at the death of the great pastor George Whitefield brought her worldwide acclaim. Phillis became known to heads of state, including George Washington himself, speaking out for American independence and the end of slavery. She became the first African American to publish a book, and her writings would eventually win her freedom. More importantly, her poetry still proclaims Christ almost 250 years later. |