Very interesting that someone had the ingenuity and compulsion to trace their own ancestry as well as 300 other families' ancestries in order to gain knowledge of what had happened during slavery in the past. This effort brings enlightenment to us of the future to be able to realize the power of what contributions were made to the wealth of this country by the lives of the slaves. This is a powerful explanation of a realistic occurrence.
Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journey to Freedom
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Phillis Wheatley Peters was born in West Africa in 1753. At the age of
eight, she was kidnapped and enslaved. Phillis's true story will stir your
heart. Fr...
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