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12:00 pm

Phillis Wheatley Day

August 18, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108 United States

Travel back in time to the 1770s with African-American poet Phillis Wheatley to explore the Meeting House as it was when she attended church here! Phillis Wheatley, portrayed by a Freedom Trail Foundation Player® dressed in full 18th-century costume, will share her experiences as a writer, churchgoer, and enslaved woman in colonial Boston.  FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION.

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