Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave (1834 Geo W. Light edition) (Q2186)
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First edition, published in 1834 by Geo. W. Light
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave (1834 Geo W. Light edition) |
First edition, published in 1834 by Geo. W. Light |
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[1] Memoir and Poems | OF | PHILLIS WHEATLEY, | A | native African and a Slave. | DEDICATED TO THE | FRIENDS OF THE AFRICANS. | 'Some view the sable race with scornful eye-- | 'Their color is a diabolic dye ; | 'But know, ye Christians, Negroes black as Cain | 'May be refined, and join the angelic train.' | [embellished rule] |
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[2] Boston: | PUBLLISHED BY GEO. W. LIGHT, | Lyceum Depository, 3 Cornhill. | 1834.
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caption: Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston. Pendleton's Lithog,y, Boston.
frontispiece
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1834, | By Geo. W. Light, | In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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title page, dedication, preface, letter, and public notice from 1773 edition of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral included
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