Poems On Varied Subjects, Non Secular And Ethical, By Phillis Wheatley
By age 10, Wheatley was reading Greek and Latin and translating classics into English. In 1721, slave trader Playten Onely requested that the Royal African Company seize â500 small slaves, male and female, from 6 to 10 years old, to be delivered annuallyâ aboard the slave ship Kent. These children have been stuffed into the …
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