# Why did Phillis Wheatley disappear?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Charita Gainey
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/charita_gainey_why_did_phillis_wheatley_disappear)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1775, General George Washington received a poem from one of colonial America's most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general's cause. But this ode to liberty wasn't written by some aloof aristocratic admirer. Its author was a young enslaved Black woman. Charita Gainey details the works of poet Phillis Wheatley. \[Directed by Gavin Edwards, Movult, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [Why did Phillis Wheatley disappear?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/charita_gainey_why_did_phillis_wheatley_disappear/1bc1e71cfa2a), 5 min (TED's player)