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Imagination! who can sing thy force? — Phillis Wheatley

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I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate Was snatch
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Imagination! who can sing thy force?

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Phillis Wheatley --

Phillis Wheatley

1753-05-08 — 1784-12-05 · Senegal

Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who became the first African American author of a published book of poetry in the United States. Despite the immense limitations imposed by slavery and societal prejudice, her work demonstrated remarkable literary skill and intellectual depth. Her poems, often neoclassical in style, explored themes of freedom, religion, and the African experience, challenging prevailing racist notions of the time and paving the way for future Black writers.

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