Daily News | Revolution museum acquires rare letter by Phillis Wheatley, first published African American poet
Phillis Wheatley in 1774:"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom."PublishedThe Museum of the American Revolution has acquired a rare printing of a letter denouncing slavery and asserting a universal love of freedom by Phillis Wheatley, widely regarded as the first Black American poet.
This “love of freedom,” Wheatley said, “is impatient of oppression, and pants for Deliverance; and by the Leave of our modern Egyptians I will assert, that the same Principle lives in us.” The Museum of the American Revolution acquired the extremely rare printing of the letter — Wheatley’s first publication following her emancipation — and has placed it on display where it can be viewed through July 4. The museum also has a very rare signed first edition of Wheatley’s book of poems, also on view.
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