Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Phillis Wheatley, "On Being Brought from Africa to America"
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This week: Phillis Wheatley “On Being Brought from Africa to America” (1773)
Next week: Louisa May Alcott, from Little Women, Chapter 34 “Friend” and Chapter 35 “Heartbreak” (1868)
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