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Printed in 1772, Phillis Wheatley’s “Recollection” marks the first time a verse by a Black woman writer appeared in a magazine. Her poems had been in circulation since 1770, but her first book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, would not be published until 1773. https://t.co/kVa8CM3PKv
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DYK: Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773. Wheatley was emancipated shortly after her book was released. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/iyQ2rm1ESY
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Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheatley https://t.co/YUPqzGoU29 https://t.co/XV6jrNWInU