Get to know the story of Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who became one of colonial America’s most famous writers: | TED-Ed

Phillis Wheatley was one of three African Americans to publish while still enslaved. Any explicit pleas for freedom would have ended her publishing career, so she made her argument for dignity and freedom through the creative use of biblical symbolism. Watch to learn more about Phillis Wheatley. | Museum of the Bible