1. britannica.com

    Jan 20, 2025Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753−84) was the first Black woman to become a poet of note in the United States. ... Wheatley's literary talent and personal qualities contributed to her great social success in London. That she was enslaved also drew particular attention in the wake of a legal decision, secured by Granville Sharp in 1772, that found ...
  2. 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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  4. 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 ...
  5. 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.
  6. pressbooks.marshall.edu

    Wheatley became well-read in the Bible, classical literature, and English literature, responding especially to the works of Alexander Pope and John Milton. She also converted to Christianity, becoming a member of the Old South Congregational Church. Image: "Phillis wheatley portrait 2."
  7. 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.
  8. thefamouspeople.com

    Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet. She was born in the middle of the eighteenth century, possibly in areas in or around Senegal. ... she never tried to write satire, one of his major literary characteristics. Although many white Bostonians adored her, she was very much aware that she was still a slave, not ...
  9. constitutioncenter.org

    Phillis Wheatley was the first globally recognized African American female poet. She came to prominence during the American Revolutionary period and is understood today for her fervent commitment to abolitionism, as her international fame brought her into correspondence with leading abolitionists on both sides of the Atlantic.
  10. encyclopedia.com

    Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784), the first African American woman poet, was a celebrated literary figure in Boston during the Revolutionary era. In 1761, a frail child of seven or eight years, Phillis Wheatley came to America by slaveship from Senegal and was auctioned to Mrs. John Wheatley, wife of a prosperous Boston tailor.

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