#phylliswheatley

“In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.” Phyllis Wheatley 📸: @ericpolitzer, October 2020 #fbf #bbmoves #melanin #PhyllisWheatley #Black #poet #principle #love #freedom #deliverance https://www.instagram.com/p/CVCuZsxLHex/?utm_medium=tumblr

Harriet isn't the only legendary African American slave who escaped bondage! #PhyllisWheatley #womenpoets #BlackGirlMagic #BlackExcellence #WomensHistoryMonth https://www.instagram.com/p/B97kvOYjxKW/?igshid=134pteammmzj1

Phillis Wheatley, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly, was a former slave who was kidnapped from West Africa and brought to America. She was bought by a Boston family and became their personal servant. With the aid of the family, she learned to read and eventually became one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in 1773. #blackhistorymonth #philliswheatley #phylliswheatley #black365 https://www.instagram.com/p/BtlDJIGhI1H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dk8pyh8idxpu

Reminder. #blacklivesmatter #blackhistorymonth #martinlutherkingjr #phylliswheatley #frederickdouglass #barackobama #oprahwinfrey #maxinewaters #ericgarner #trayvonmartin #sandrabland #michaelbrown #violadavis #SKWiLBUR #ItsAllInTheBag (at Queens, New York)

#nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistory #washingtondc #phylliswheatley (at National Mall)

Recently when walking down Commonwealth Ave in #Boston, I noticed that someone had placed a bouquet and a letter on #PhyllisWheatley’s statue. It made it even more beautiful, and though the letter was not to Phyllis but a memorial to someone who perhaps loved Phyllis’ story, it was a lovely addition and tribute to this brilliant young mind of the 18th century. It’s a pity she died so very young, and also a shame that despite her apparent good treatment and exemplary education her “masters” never freed her. The fact that she learned classical languages at a time when only children from high-class families were schooled in that, let alone wrote beautiful poetry and conversed with some of the great minds of her time, make Phyllis especially remarkable. She proved wrong those who doubted that black people had great intellectual capacity, showing the difference access to education made. #heroes #blackhistory #blackexcellence #blackwomen #poet #writer #shero #statues #statue #memorial #beauty #18thcentury #bostonhistory #igersboston #igboston #flowers #sculpture #slavery #americanhistory #revolutionarywar #america #blackamerica #art #womenshistory #womenwriters #womenpoets

We have to be #daring #empowered #inspired #trailblazers #poet first #published #womensrights #first woman to earn a college degree #phylliswheatley #lucystone #abigailadams #meredithbergmann #creator #boston women's #memorial #needed (at Kansas City, Missouri)

Sara Georgini just wrote a wonderful piece about an intellectual heir of Phyllis Wheatley - A Woman’s Work: Ann Plato’s Republic, by Sara Georgini - originally published at Society for U.S. Intellectual History Blog https://ordinaryphilosophy.com/2016/12/23/a-womans-work-ann-platos-republic-by-sara-georgini/ #phylliswheatley #annplato #africanamericanhistory #sarageorgini