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    Phillis Wheatley: Precursor of American Abolitionism - Short biography.; Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) - Information page on the author on the PAL: wheatley, phillis Perspectives wheatley, phillis in American Literature: A Research and wheatley, phillis Reference Guide wheatley, phillis website. Women's History: Slave Poet of Colonial America - Includes a biography, assessments of her literary ...
  2. nyswritersinstitute.org

    Nov 14, 2024Wendy Roberts, UAlbany English professor and scholar of Early American Literature, received wide attention in 2023 for rediscovering the earliest known full-length elegy by Phillis Wheatley, "On the Death of Love Rotch," dated 1767, in a Quaker commonplace book at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania while conducting research into Wheatley's life and legacy.
  3. Jul 18, 2023Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) was an African-born American poet who became one of the most prominent literary figures of her time. Her life and works are remarkable because she achieved literary recognition and success during a period when African Americans, especially women, were enslaved and denied access to education.
  4. 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 ...
  5. phillis-wheatley.org

    She provided inspiration to other African American slaves such a Jupiter Hammon who in 1778 wrote "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley". Her influence as an African American writer goes beyond literature and starts by proving that, if given the opportunity, African slaves had the same intellectual capacity and creativity as Europeans.
  6. kidskonnect.com

    Jan 15, 2025Phillis Wheatley Peters (c. 1753-1784) was the first African-American to publish a book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773.Born in West Africa and brought to America as an enslaved child, she was supported by the Wheatley family in Boston, who encouraged her education. Although she gained fame and freedom, Wheatley faced personal struggles, losing her children ...
  7. oxfordbibliographies.com

    Jan 7, 2025Phillis 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. As a young child, she may have flourished with her family in the largely Muslim Senegambia region of Africa where she would have been taught how to write and read Arabic.
  8. societyofearlyamericanists.org

    The Work of Phillis Wheatley and An Early African American Literary Tradition Literary scholars typically locate the origins of African American literature in the mid-18th century when those of African descent emerged as writing subjects in British North America. Between 1745 and 1775, we can pinpoint several literary 'firsts.'
  9. southern.libguides.com

    Research Guides at Southern Adventist University

    https://southern.libguides.com › colonialamericanlit › wheatley

    Oct 28, 2024--Cedrick May, author of Evangelism and Resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835 Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book. Born in Gambia in 1753, she came to America aboard a slave ship, the Phillis. From an early age, Wheatley exhibited a profound gift for verse, publishing her first poem in 1767.
  10. pgcc.libguides.com

    In Phillis Wheatley, Vincent Carretta offers the first full-length biography of a figure whose origins and later life have remained shadowy despite her iconic status. A scholar with extensive knowledge of transatlantic literature and history, Carretta uncovers new details about Wheatley's origins, her upbringing, and how she gained freedom.
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