African-American poet Phyllis Wheatley with her autograph 1774. Hand-colored woodcut

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Hand-colored woodcut

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Size: 3778px × 4967px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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