The Wheatleys manumitted Peters in 1773 under pressure from critics who saw the hypocrisy in praising Peters’ talent while keeping her enslaved. They died within a few years of this decision, and Peters soon met and married grocer John Peters. Her life afterwards was indicative of the troubled freedom of African Americans of the period, who were emancipated but not fully integrated into the promis
- Készítette David Henry, English, 1709 - 1792, John Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784
- Köszönet: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Jogok: CC0
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