1. People are Astonishedwhen you tell them about Phillis Wheatley, who learned English as a salve in Boston and wrote first-class poetry.They have never heard of Benjamin Banneker, a mathematician and a surveyor, who helped to plan the city ofWashington

2. People are Astonishedwhen you tell them about Phillis Wheatley, who learned English as a salve in Boston and wrote first-class poetry.They have never heard of Benjamin Banneker, a mathematician and a surveyor, who helped to plan the city ofWashington

3. Heav'nly Tidingsfrom the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley is the story of aunique young woman who began her life in America as a lowly slave and managedto launch two literary traditions at once, African-American literature andwomen's literature