On Friday March 22, Echoes of Freedom: A Tribute to Phillis Wheatley, will be hosted by AFROPUNK and Lincoln Center at The Appel Room.
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Despite trauma and her desperate situation, Wheatley, who received a classical Western education from her enslavers, became the first person of African descent to publish a book of poetry. In 1773, the child prodigy’s “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” was published to critical acclaim, especially from American and British abolitionists keen to prove the intellectual equality of African-descended people.
Though she was rarely published due to discrimination, Wheatley was a prolific poet, much of her work written before she reached adulthood. In addition to classical and neoclassical techniques, Wheatley’s moving and impactful poetry was imbued with biblical symbolism and directly and indirectly implored readers to acknowledge the inhumanity of slavery.
Lambe had a similar evolution. “Phillis Wheatley’s works have been a mainstay in my lexicon, growing up in a family steeped with Black educators and historians. But a resurgence of my awareness arrived upon reading about the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s acquisition of a trove of her works in September 2023,” he toldLamb pointed out that this celebration of Wheatley’s work is important in a number of ways, including continuing to validate it.
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