My Name Is Phillis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom

by Afua Cooper

Book Overview

This is the remarkable story of Phillis Wheatley, who is born into an African family of griots, or storytellers, but captured by slave raiders and forced aboard a slave ship, where appalling conditions spell death for many of her companions. Numerous sharks follow the ship, feeding on the corpses of slaves thrown overboard.

Weakened by the voyage and near death in a Boston slave market, Wheatley is bought by a kind family who nurses her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1525310860
• ISBN13: 9781525310867
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9