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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: the Story of Phillis Wheatley

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1/4. To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain, actress Sophie Okonedo (Dirty Pretty Things, Hotel Rwanda) reads Ann Rinaidi's story of seven-year-old Senegalese Phillis Wheatley, whose literary abilities were nurtured by the wealthy Boston family she was sold to in 1761, Phillis's involuntary move to Boston and her owners' recognition of her talent.

The March issue of BBC History Magazine, out now, features a slavery abolition special

Contributors

Reader:
Sophie Okonedo
Author:
Ann Rinaidi
Abridged by:
Amanda Hancox
Producer:
Hilary Robinson
Source: Radio Times

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