41. Africans In America/Part 2/Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley was the first African American, the first slave, and the third woman in the United States to publish a book of poems. Kidnapped in West Africa and transported http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p12.html

document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' %3E%3C/script%3E")); Part 1: 1450-1750 Part 3: 1791-1831 Part 4: 1831-1865 Narrative Resource Bank Teacher's Guide Phillis Wheatley c.1754 - 1784 Resource Bank Contents Phillis Wheatley was the first African American, the first slave, and the third woman in the United States to publish a book of poems. Kidnapped in West Africa and transported aboard the slave ship Phillis to Boston in 1761, she was purchased by John Wheatley as a servant for his wife. Young Phillis quickly learned to speak English and to read the Bible with amazing fluency. Because of her poor health, obvious intelligence, and Susannah Wheatley's fondness for her, Phillis was never trained as a domestic; instead she was encouraged by the Wheatleys to study theology and the English, Latin and Greek classics. She published her first poem in 1767, and six years later, she published a book, Poems on Various Subjects . That same year, John Wheatley emancipated her.

42. Phillis Wheatley - Definition After the death of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married a free black grocer named John Peters. She herself did domestic work as a servant. http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Phillis_Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley - Definition Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley December 5 ), also spelled Phylis Wheatley , was born in Senegal in Africa , but was captured and sold into slavery at the age of 7. Around 1760 she was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston , and was in fact practically adopted by the family which owned her. She was given a fairly extensive home education, including Latin, Greek, and Biblical studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13. In she wrote a poetic tribute on the death of the Calvinist George Whitefield that received widespread acclaim in Boston. In she was examined by a group of Boston luminaries including John Erving, Rev. Charles Chauncey, John Hancock Thomas Hutchinson , the governor of Massachusetts, and his Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver . They concluded that she had in fact written the poems ascribed to her and signed an attestation which was published in the preface to her book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral published in Aldgate London in . It was published in London because publishers in Boston had refused to publish the text. Phillis with her master's son, Nathanial Wheatley went to London, where

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44. Wheatley, Phillis - American Revolution Reference Library | HighBeam Research - Wheatley, Phillis find American Revolution Reference Library articles. div id= bedoc-text h1Phillis Wheatley/h1pbBorn c. 1753br /West Africabr /Died December 5, 1784br /Bosto. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3411900074.html?key=01-42160D527E1B10681203021F0

45. About Phillis Wheatley - Slave Poet Of Colonial America sometimes misspelled as Phyllis Wheatley . Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa (probably Senegal) about 1753 or 1754. When she was about eight years old, she was kidnapped and http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aframerwriters/a/philliswheatley.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zGCID=this.zGCID?zGCID+" test11":" test11" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Women's History Women's History Search Women's History Biographies Women's Rights Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free Women's History Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Slave Poet of Colonial America: a Story of Her Life By Jone Johnson Lewis , About.com Guide See More About: phillis wheatley american women poets slavery american colonial period ... african american women Phillis Wheatley (c) 2007 ClipArt.com - adapted with permission zSB(3,3) (about 1753-1754 - December 5 sometimes misspelled as Phyllis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa (probably Senegal) about 1753 or 1754. When she was about eight years old, she was kidnapped and brought to Boston. There, in 1761, John Wheatley bought her for his wife, Susanna, as a personal servant. As was the custom of the time, she was given the Wheatley family's surname. The Wheatley family taught Phillis English and Christianity, and, impressed by her quick learning, they also taught her some Latin, ancient history, mythology and classical literature. Once Phillis Wheatley demonstrated her abilities, the Wheatleys, clearly a family of culture and education, allowed Phillis time to do study and write. Her situation allowed her time to learn and, as early as 1765, to write poetry. Phillis Wheatley had fewer restrictions than most slaves experienced but she was still a slave. Her situation was unusual. She was not quite part of the white Wheatley family, nor did she quite share the place and experiences of other slaves.

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47. Phillis Wheatley Wheatley, Phillis (after her marriage, Phillis Peters) Born 1754 (?), Senegal (?) Died December 5, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts Vocation Poet http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Wheatley__Phillis.html

48. Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley: Information From Answers.com Wheatley , Phillis Wheatley American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America http://www.answers.com/topic/wheatley-phillis-wheatley

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50. Phillis Wheatley Biography From Who2.com Many biographical details from a site on W.E.B. DuBois. A Life of Triumph Over Obstacles. Biography from The Brown Quarterly. Wheatley, Phillis. Biography and criticism from Voices From http://www.who2.com/philliswheatley.html

@import url("/css/standard_delta.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse Bios: A B C D ... Share on Facebook Phillis Wheatley Biography Poet Slave Phillis Wheatley was an African slave in Boston, Massachusetts when she became the first published black poet in America in 1767. Wheatley came to the Boston slave market in 1761 (some have guessed from Senegal) and was purchased by John Wheatley for his wife, Susannah. Named Phillis and given her master's surname, it was estimated she was between 7 and 8 years old. She quickly mastered English and the Wheatleys saw to it that she learned literature, mythology, Latin and Greek. By the time she was 13 she was writing her own poems, influenced especially by the poetry of Alexander Pope and John Milton . She published locally in 1767 and was considered a prodigy among the Boston literati, thanks to her "lively" personality as well as her sophisticated verse. While on a visit to England in 1773 she was dubbed "the sable muse," and her first collection, Poems on Various Subjects , was published. Her mature handling of the neoclassical style, with its Biblical and Homeric touches, was such that the book came with sworn assurances that this teenage African girl had, in fact, written the poems. After Susannah Wheatley died Phillis was freed; she married John Peters in 1778 and spent the rest of her life in poverty and obscurity, dying at the age of 31. Two books of her writings were published posthumously:

51. Wheatley, Phillis (1754-1784) | The Black Past: Remembered And Reclaimed An Online Reference Guide to African American History. Quintard Taylor. Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History. University of Washington, Seattle http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/wheatley-phillis-1754-1784

52. Phyllis Wheatley Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London Printed for A. Bell…, 1773. Eighteenth century readers of Phillis Wheatley’s (c. 17531784) Poems were http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibit-highlights/americana2/PhyllisWheatl

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54. Wheatley, Phillis - Enlightenment Revolution Wheatley, Phillis (1753?84) American Writer. Phillis Wheatley was one of the first African-American poets and holds a prominent place in the history of African-American literature http://www.enlightenment-revolution.org/index.php/Wheatley,_Phillis

Wheatley, Phillis From Enlightenment Revolution Jump to: navigation search Wheatley, Phillis (1753?-84): American Writer. Phillis Wheatley was one of the first African-American poets and holds a prominent place in the history of African-American literature. Wheatley was born in the Senegal-Gambia region of west Africa and kidnapped at about seven years old. In Boston, she was sold to John Wheatley, a merchant-tailor, to be his wife’s servant. Instead, she was educated in the Wheatley home and treated as a member of the family. That education, notably the Bible, the classics, and the great British poets of the age— Pope, Alexander Gray, Thomas , and Milton—influenced her own poetry. Wheatley’s first poem appeared in1767, but her 1770 poem on the death of the Reverend George Whitefield, the evangelical preacher, began to make her famous. Her call for subscribers to a proposed collection failed in Boston, but on her trip to London, for health reasons, she was the toast of the town, and a London publisher brought out Wheatley's only collection of poems, entitled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

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