Phillis Wheatley, Ignatius Sancho & the Black Atlantic World

Why do we talk about Phillis Wheatley and the American Revolution?  Vincent Carretta, Professor emeritus  of the University of Maryland, and author of Phillis Wheatley:  Biography of a Genius in Bondage joins us to talk about Wheatley's life, career, and influence.   Professor Caretta has just edited The Writings of Phillis Wheatley , as well as the writings of The Letters of Ignatius Sancho ,  and he has written Equiano, the African:  Biography of a Self-Made Man.  We discuss these writers in this Revolutionary moment in the Black Atlantic.