Shortly after Wheatley’s first book was published in England, titled “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” Wheatley was emancipated. The date of her emancipation is unknown but it is believed to be in 1773.
African Studies 1109 – Black Women's Lives as the History of Africana Studies: 18th and 19th Century
Fall 2019 – Professors Casselberry & Chakkalakal
Shortly after Wheatley’s first book was published in England, titled “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” Wheatley was emancipated. The date of her emancipation is unknown but it is believed to be in 1773.