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  • The remarkable and tragic story of Phillis Wheatley

    The remarkable and tragic story of Phillis Wheatley

    Book Review:  American Women of Achievement: Phillis Wheatley by Merle Richmond, published by Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1988. (5 out of 5 stars). Imagination! who can sing thy force?Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?Soaring through air to find the bright abode,Th’empyreal palace of the thund’ring God,We on thy pinions can surpass the wind,And leave the…