“In every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom.”

— Phillis Wheatley · Courage quote

Poet · 1753 – 1784

American poet, the first published African-American woman poet, author of Poems on Various Subjects (1773).

Source: Letter to Samson Occom, 1774 · ✓ Source verified

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Out of the ash I rise with my red hair, and I eat men like air.

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