{"product_id":"2940157236861","title":"Heav'nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley","description":"SHE SURVIVED the horrific Middle Passage as a child and was purchased as a slave in 1761. By the time she turned twenty Phillis Wheatley became the most famous person of African descent in the world. In a culture dominated by white supremacy, she forced those around her to acknowledge her humanity and confront the inequity of her status as a slave. Heav'nly Tidings From the Afric Muse shows how Phillis Wheatley wrote her way to freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer own words, taken from her writings, resurrect the spirit of the classic poet, who managed to launch two literary traditions at once: African-American literature and women's literature. Phillis Wheatley has taken her rightful place among our Founding Fathers and Mothers as the true \"Poet Laureate\" of the American Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhillis Wheatley was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Poet Laureate of the American Revolution\u003cbr\u003e    Most widely known African-American in the world in her time\u003cbr\u003e    First personified the American symbol \"Columbia\" in poetry\u003cbr\u003e    Knew George Washington\u003cbr\u003e    Arrived on a slave ship and was sold about age seven\u003cbr\u003e    Made a literary tour of London in 1773\u003cbr\u003e    Published a book of poems in London that arrived on the Dartmouth with the tea that was dumped in the \"Boston Tea Party.\"","brand":"Paragon House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170370961648,"sku":"2940157236861","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157236861_p0.jpg?v=1764097313","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157236861","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}