1. britannica.com

    Jan 20, 2025Phillis Wheatley (born c. 1753, present-day Senegal?, West Africa—died December 5, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was the first Black woman to become a poet of note in the United States.. The girl who was to be named Phillis Wheatley was captured in West Africa and taken to Boston by slave traders in 1761. She was enslaved by a tailor, John Wheatley, and his wife, Susanna.
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  3. In 1773, Phillis Wheatley accomplished something that no other woman of her status had done. When her book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, appeared, she became the first American slave, the first person of African descent, and only the third colonial American woman to have her work published. Born in Africa about 1753 and sold as a slave in Boston in 1761, Phillis ...
  4. womenshistory.org

    Upon arrival, she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, Massachusetts. Her first name Phillis was derived from the ship that brought her to America, "the Phillis." 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.
  5. 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 ...
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    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 she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston.
  7. worldhistoryedu.com

    Nov 7, 2024Phillis Wheatley, a pioneering figure in African American literature, remains one of the most significant literary voices of the 18th century. ... Her literary achievements opened doors for future Black authors, who would build on her work to further shape the African American literary tradition. In contemporary scholarship, Wheatley's work ...
  8. literaryladiesguide.com

    This portrait of Phillis Wheatley was the frontispiece of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773). . . . . . . . . . Henry Louis Gates, Jr., wrote in The Trials of Phillis Wheatley (2003): "In 1770, when she was about 17, she immortalized the Boston Massacre in her poem, 'On the Affray in King Street, on the Evening of the 5th ...
  9. thefamouspeople.com

    Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life and achievements. ... Phillis Wheatley's writing style was heavily influenced by classical literature, as she was well-versed in the works of ancient Greek and Roman poets. ... - Phillis Wheatley Biography ...
  10. womeninhistoryohio.com

    Life and Works of Phillis Wheatley. Salem: Ayer Company, Publishers, Inc., 1993. Salem: Ayer Company, Publishers, Inc., 1993. Robinson, William H., Phillis Wheatley in the Black American Beginnings (1975), Black New England Letters: The Uses of Writing in Black New England (1977) and Critical Essays on Phillis Wheatley (1982).

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