Phillis Wheatley Tea Towel

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) was an American poet, and the first African-American female poet to have her work published. She was born in Africa, but as a child was captured and sold into slavery in North America. She was bought by John Wheatley of Boston in 1761, whose family taught her to read and write.

Phillis Wheatley's book, 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral' was published in London in 1773, the first book ever published by an English-speaking person of African descent. The quotation on the tea towel is an excerpt from her 1772 poem on slavery and tyranny in the colonies. 

This tea towel is made from sturdy, half panama weave, unbleached cotton, and it's designed and made in the UK. The special inks used to print this design mean that its colour will last in the wash.

Use it for its original purpose or frame it and hang it on a wall.

Size: 48cm x 70cm.