Tallahassee Democrat

Kinsey Collection: Phillis Wheatley’s Poems, 1773

While enslaved, Phillis Wheatley was able to become successful as the first published African-American woman poet. Wheatley’s book, “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” published in 1773, ...
CounterPunch

Phillis Wheatley: Genius, Poet, and Pioneer in the Face of Slavery

Kidnapped from West Africa as a child and brought to Boston, Wheatley became the first African-American woman published in ...
AllHipHop

Phillis Wheatley – America’s First Groundbreaking Poet

Phillis Wheatley became one of the first published African American poets. This post explores her life as a slave and her time after being emancipated. Respected by everyone from countless historical ...
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Phillis Wheatley Peters (c. 1753 – 1784) was born in West Africa and captured by slave traders as a child, whereupon she was sold to John and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation

Having found herself as a poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) discovered that she and her voice became appropriated by a white elite that quickly tired of her novelty. Image courtesy of the National ...
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From Enslaved to Esteemed: How Phillis Wheatley’s Poetry Helped Shape the Revolution

The White House used graphics to bring poet Phillis Wheatley’s story to life, recounting her journey from enslavement at age seven to becoming the first African woman to publish a book of poetry in ...
The Boston Globe

Newly discovered poem linked to Phillis Wheatley raises hope for fuller picture of her life

Among the shelves of the Historic Society of Pennsylvania’s research library, a poetry scholar appears to have discovered a quintessential piece of Boston history. Written in one of its many books is ...
WGBH

Who was Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet to publish a book?

In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
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Poems on Comic, Serious and Moral Subjects by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Phillis Wheatley: America’s first black published poet

In a 1774 letter to the Rev. Samson Occom, Phillis Wheatley wrote that civil and religious liberty are “so inseparably united, that there is little or no Enjoyment of one without the other.” No one ...