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‘Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage’ by Vincent Carretta

By James Sullivan

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  December 07, 2011

During the years of rising black consciousness in America, Phillis Wheatley’s work was often derided as the product of “a white mind,’’ but it has recently enjoyed a revival. Vincent Carretta’s “Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage’’ is billed as the first full-length biography of the first truly significant African-American writer.

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