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Which of the following is the first Afro-American poet of note in the United States ?

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet of note in the United States, celebrated for her 1773 collection 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral', the…

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Which of the following is the first Afro-American poet of note in the United States ?

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Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet of note in the United States, celebrated for her 1773 collection 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral', the first book of poetry published by an African American.

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