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African-American literature
Body of literature by Americans of African descent
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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who became the first African American to publish a book of poetry, which was published in 1773. Her collection was titled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.
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