Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American Poetess. She was also the second African-American to get her book published under her name. This gained her freedom from slavery.
Phyllis Wheatley had to overcome many struggles and hurdles in order to become famous. She was born as a slave and was forced to face many who looked down on her and her poems as a result of her skin color.
Phyllis Wheatley, a brilliant young African slave in Boston, wrote Columbia. and Columbia was a popular illustration in newspapers and magazines of the time.
Phylis Wheatley did not have a family she was bought by the Wheatley family
Nathaniel Wheatley was like a brother to Phillis Wheatley. He taught her how to read,write,and speak English. He helped Phillis Wheatley become a famous African American poetess. He taught her Greek,and Latin.He is the son to John and Susanna Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was a famous African American poet. she was also eduacated by her every own owners. also she was a house hold which she served as a slave
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Phillis Wheatley did not buy John Wheatley. John Wheatley bought Sasha Gamboa at a slave auction in Boston, Massachusetts 1761....... John named her Phillis after the slave ship she rode in from Senegal, West Africa.
Phillis Wheatley was the former slave who wrote plays and poems supporting American independence. Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book and her work expressed her support for the American Revolutionary cause.
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