Insurgent Words, Poetic Diplomacy: Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley, and Literacy as Liberation
Published online on December 08, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Black Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article offers a comparative analysis of Frederick Douglass and Phillis Wheatley, two pivotal figures whose divergent pathways to literacy reveal the multifaceted role of the written word as a tool of liberation. Douglass’s insurgent self-education, ...
This article offers a comparative analysis of Frederick Douglass and Phillis Wheatley, two pivotal figures whose divergent pathways to literacy reveal the multifaceted role of the written word as a tool of liberation. Douglass’s insurgent self-education, ...