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  1. poetryfoundation.org

    Although she was an enslaved person, Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. Educated and enslaved in the household of prominent Boston commercialist John Wheatley, lionized in New England and England, with presses in both places publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy ...
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    Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (c. 1753 - December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. [2][3] Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where ...
  4. pgcc.libguides.com

    In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous black woman in the West. But Thomas Jefferson, unlike his contemporaries Ben Franklin and George Washington, refused to ...
    Author:Robert FernandezPublished:2019
  5. womenshistory.org

    The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature. She also studied astronomy and geography. In her early teenage years, Wheatley began to write poetry, publishing her first poem in 1767.
  6. oxfordbibliographies.com

    Jan 7, 2025Introduction Phillis Wheatley (Peters) (1753-1784) is one of the most important poets in early American literature and considered by many the mother of African American literature.
  7. Phillis Wheatley is regarded as the first African American woman and only the third American woman to have published a volume of poetry. Her work was important in overturning the notions that literary culture flowed in only one direction, from Europe to the Americas, and that a woman and enslaved person could not produce poetry of the highest order.Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped as a ...
  8. courses.lumenlearning.com

    Susannah fostered Wheatley's intellectual avidity by having her daughter Mary oversee Wheatley's education. Wheatley became well-read in the Bible; classical literature, including some of the classics in their original Latin; and English literature, responding especially to the works of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), master of the heroic ...
  9. Full wheatley, phillis text is available online in HTML or TEI. A Voice of Her Own - Brief biography with images of her works. Wikipedia: Phillis Wheatley - Article on the 18th century African-American poet. List if her known works, and links collection. Voices From the Gaps: Phillis Wheatley - Brief biography, poem, links and related sources.
  10. oxfordre.com

    Wheatley read the classics in translation and began writing poetry. Her book made her internationally famous and won her freedom. Nevertheless, events beyond her control—including the death of many friends and patrons, and the chaos caused by the American Revolution—plunged the young (and now free) poet into poverty.
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    Phillis Wheatley

    American poet

    Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. After she learned to read and write, they encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent. On a 1773 trip to London with the Wheatleys' son, seeking publication of her work, Wheatley met prominent people who became her patrons. The publication in London of her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral on September 1, 1773, brought her fame both in England and the American colonies. Prominent figures, such as George Washington, praised her work. A few years later, African-American poet Jupiter Hammon praised her work in a poem of his own. Wheatley was emancipated by the Wheatleys shortly after the publication of her book of poems. Wikipedia

    BornWest Africa
    DiedDecember 05, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    OccupationPoet
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