Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped from Africa at age seven and sold into slavery in Boston. By twenty, she had published a book of poetry that astonished the literary world on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work proved what slaveholders denied: that Black people possessed the same intellectual gifts as anyone else.
"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom," she wrote to a Native American minister. Her poetry celebrated liberty while she herself remained enslaved for most of her life. She used her gift to speak truth to power with grace and conviction.
At {BUSINESS_NAME}, we believe that values must be lived, even when it's difficult. We serve {CITY} knowing that what we stand for matters more than what's convenient. Like Phillis Wheatley, we speak our truth.
America's 250th celebrates voices that refused to be silenced.
#USA250 #WomensHistoryMonth #Values #{CITY}
"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom," she wrote to a Native American minister. Her poetry celebrated liberty while she herself remained enslaved for most of her life. She used her gift to speak truth to power with grace and conviction.
At {BUSINESS_NAME}, we believe that values must be lived, even when it's difficult. We serve {CITY} knowing that what we stand for matters more than what's convenient. Like Phillis Wheatley, we speak our truth.
America's 250th celebrates voices that refused to be silenced.
#USA250 #WomensHistoryMonth #Values #{CITY}
Historical Event
Phillis Wheatley, First Published African American Poet, 1773
Story Angle
values-driven
