text:  And we return to Our American Stories and our final portion on the story of Phyllis Wheatley with Leslie Johnson at the American Village in Montevallo, Alabama. When we last left off, Phyllis Wheatley was set to publish her first book of poetry, but had to be put in front of a panel of Bostonian elites who would determine whether or not she actually penned her own work. Let's return to the story. Here again is Leslie Johnson.