Home THREATENED: Phyllis Wheatley Home – 2021 Most Endangered Phyllis Wheatley Frontispiece and Title Page, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Engraving attributed to Scipio Moorhead, 1773. Imagination Gallery B. American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Rare Book & Special Collections Division. Image Courtesy: Library of Congress

Phyllis Wheatley Frontispiece and Title Page, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Engraving attributed to Scipio Moorhead, 1773. Imagination Gallery B. American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Rare Book & Special Collections Division. Image Courtesy: Library of Congress

Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Mary Lu Seidel / Preservation Chicago

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