Phillis Wheatley Peters, first (unofficial) poet laureate of the United States
Much of what we thought we knew about the first published and celebrated African American poet was wrong
Errin Haines
24th NABJ President | Editor at Large, The 19th | MSNOW Politics Contributor
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She heard that "all men are born free and equal". So she called their bluff.
Elizabeth Freeman was the first woman to sue for – and win – her freedom from slavery
