Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired the largest collection of Phillis Wheatley’s work to date! Phillis Wheatley Peters was born in Senegal, kidnapped from her home when she was around 7 years old, and enslaved in Boston. There she was sold to a prominent family, the Wheatleys, who named her … Continue reading Smithsonian’s NMAAHC Acquires New Collection of Works from Phillis Wheatley, America’s First Published Black Poet