Up From Slavery – 10 Classic Books on Slavery and the American Slave Trade
Explore 10 classic books on slavery and the American slave trade to read for Black History Month and beyond. This list includes poigniant slavery accounts, fictional tales, and collections of Black poetry, all based around the slavery narrative. Featuring famous works by Black authors Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Frances E. W. Harper, Solomon Northup, […]
To His Excellency General Washington – A Poem by Phillis Wheatley
To His Excellency General Washington A Poem by Phillis Wheatley Celestial choir! enthron’d in realms of light,Columbia’s scenes of glorious toils I write.While freedom’s cause her anxious breast alarms,She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms.See mother earth her offspring’s fate bemoan,And nations gaze at scenes before unknown!See the bright beams of heaven’s revolving lightInvolved in sorrows […]
