Phillis Wheatley A Poets Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence

Published: March 22, 2023, 10 a.m.

Guest: David Waldstreicher is a Professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center.\xa0 He is the author of Slavery\u2019s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification\xa0(2009);\xa0Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004); In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997), and his latest,\xa0The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet\u2019s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence.\n\n\xa0\nThe post Phillis Wheatley \u2013 A Poet\u2019s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence appeared first on KPFA.