David Waldstreicher

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The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley
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The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley
  • By: David Waldstreicher
  • Length: 17 hours 1 minutes
  • Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Publish date: April 18, 2023
  • Language: English
  • (74 ratings)
(74 ratings)
Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a... Read more

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