10177 - Phillis Wheatley, American Author and Poet W. Britain-Pride & Prejudice Virginia in July 1861

Virginia in July 1861

Native Warrior Swinging Gunstock War Club

In spite of his vigorous efforts to be exchanged

This sitting GI reloads his B

Scotland’s Highland warriors carried an array of distinctive fighting tools – the dirk

10177 - Phillis Wheatley, American Author and Poet W. Britain-Pride & Prejudice Virginia in July 1861New In Stock! Phillis Wheatley, American Author and Poet Kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight, she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. After learning to read and write, she displayed a talent for poetry which the Wheatleys encouraged. In 1773, she traveled to London with the Wheatleys son and met prominent people who would become her patrons. There she published Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, which