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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Peters was imprisoned for debt in 1784 and then Wheatley fell into poverty and died and...

Peters was imprisoned for debt in 1784 and then Wheatley fell into poverty and died and was quickly followed in death by her only surviving infant son

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Peters was imprisoned for debt
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in 1784 and then Wheatley fell into poverty
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and died and was quickly followed in death
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by her only surviving infant son.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
02:55:34
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
So her poems are her only legacy. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So her poems are her only legacy.
Schomburg has Arthur Schomburg's own copy of an elegiac poem - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Schomburg has Arthur Schomburg's own copy of an elegiac...
And the personal chaplain of Selina Hastings, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And the personal chaplain of Selina Hastings,
Wheatley's Whitefield elegy brought her into national fame, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Wheatley's Whitefield elegy brought her into national...
And her reputation was reinforced - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And her reputation was reinforced
So what we have here on display - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
So what we have here on display
As I say, his copy of the first poem Wheatley published, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
As I say, his copy of the first poem Wheatley published,
His London magazine with the poem "Recollection," - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
His London magazine with the poem "Recollection,"
That book, which was published the year Wheatley died - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
That book, which was published the year Wheatley died
In a famous poem about her enslavement, Wheatley wrote, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:32
In a famous poem about her enslavement, Wheatley wrote,
In 1776 Wheatley wrote a letter and a poem - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:28
In 1776 Wheatley wrote a letter and a poem
Unless there is other business before the board, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Unless there is other business before the board,
Yes, that's, I always forget the smile part. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Yes, that's, I always forget the smile part.
Eyes wide open, smiles. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Eyes wide open, smiles.
You've talked about reparations, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
You've talked about reparations,
That's... that's... Either these are explorations - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
That's... that's... Either these are explorations
But here, and probably surprising to many, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
But here, and probably surprising to many,
And that seems to me to be an explicit response - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And that seems to me to be an explicit response
Right, well, as you said, it's very much a response - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Right, well, as you said, it's very much a response
And I think people who regrettably, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
And I think people who regrettably, you know,