Phillis Wheatley's Lost Years

She didn’t go far from Boston, but a keen-eyed historian glimpsed her in the archive—and that find opens up a door to both the poet’s marriage and the final years of slavery in Massachusetts

Hello, paying subscribers! Women’s History Month began on March 1, and today we are celebrating with a new look at African American poet Phillis Wheatley If you know someone who would be interested, please feel free to:

Image credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division