American Revolution | Part 5 | Phillis Wheatley Peters, unofficial poet laureate of the new United States

Phillis Wheatley Peters was transported to America as an enslaved 7-year-old. She quickly became a literary prodigy and an international celebrity – the unofficial first poet laureate of a new nation, says her biographer Vincent Carretta. Together we explore her life, her legacy and recent findings that transform our understanding of the final years of her too-short life.

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• Isabelle Roughol - Host
• Vincent Carretta - Guest

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