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  1. Phillis Wheatley: Legendary African-American Poet (Historical American Biographies) by Cynthia Salisbury, 2001-01
  2. Phillis Wheatley: Negro Slave of Mr. John Wheatley of Boston by Marilyn Jensen, 1987-05
  3. Phillis Wheatley: Poet (American Women of Achievement) by Merle A. Richmond, 1992-05
  4. Phillis Wheatley (Heroes of the American Revolution) by Don McLeese, 2004-07
  5. Guide My Pen: The Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Great Moments in American History) by Greg Roza, 2003-08
  6. Phillis Wheatley: A Bio-Bibliography (A Reference publication in Afro-American studies) by William Henry Robinson, 1981-03
  7. Revolutionary Poet: A Story About Phillis Wheatley (Creative Minds Biography) by Maryann N. Weidt, 1997-10
  8. Life and Works of Phillis Wheatley, Containing Her Complete Poetical Works, Numerous Letters and a Complete Biography of This Famous Poet of a Centur by Phillis Wheatley, Phillis Peters, 1969-06
  9. Phillis Wheatley (Junior World Biographies) by Victoria Sherrow, 1992-04
  10. Phillis Wheatley in the Black American Beginnings (Broadside Critics Series #5) by William Henry Robinson, 1975-05
  11. Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley by Ann Malaspina, 2010-09-01
  12. Phillis Wheatley (Let Freedom Ring: American Revolution Biographies) by Gregson, Susan R., 2001-09-01
  13. Phillis Wheatley: Poeta Afroamericana (Grandes Personajes En La Historia De Los Estados Unidos) (Spanish Edition) by J. T. Moriarty, 2003-12
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21. Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, selected secondary bibliography, links to texts available onthe web, information. Phillis Wheatley (17531784)
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Selected Bibliography on Phillis Wheatley Teaching Phillis Wheatley from the Heath Anthology site.
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22. Phillis Wheatley: Selected Bibliography
Levernier, James A. Style as Protest in the Poetry of Phillis Wheatley. Style 27.2 (1993) 17293. Levernier, James A. Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784).
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Selected Bibliography on Phillis Wheatley Bennett, Paula. "Phillis Wheatley's Vocation and the Paradox of the 'Afric Muse'." PMLA Bly, Antonio T. "Wheatley's 'to the University of Cambridge, in New-England'." Explicator
-. "Wheatley's 'on the Affray in King Street'." Explicator
-. "Wheatley's 'on the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age'." Explicator Burke, Helen M. "The Rhetoric and Politics of Marginality: The Subject of Phillis Wheatley." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature Burke, Helen. "Problematizing American Dissent: The Subject of Phillis Wheatley." Cohesion and Dissent in America Carretta, Vincent. "Phillis Wheatley, the Mansfield Decision of 1772, and the Choice of Identity." Early America Re-Explored: New Readings in Colonial, Early National, and Antebellum Culture . Ed. Klaus H. Fleischman Schmidt, Fritz. Early American Literature and Culture through the American Renaissance. New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2000. 201-23. Choucair, Mona M. "Phillis Wheatley (1754-1784)."

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Phillis Wheatley (c. 17531784) Indeed, Wheatley was the first to addresssuch issues confidently in verse, as in On Being Brought from Africa to
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Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820: Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784)
Index Given the hardships of life in early America, it is ironic that some of the best poetry of the period was written by an exceptional slave woman. The first African-American author of importance in the United States, Phyllis Wheatley was born in Africa and brought to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was about seven, where she was purchased by the pious and wealthy tailor John Wheatley to be a companion for his wife. The Wheatleys recognized Phillis's remarkable intelligence and, with the help of their daughter, Mary, Phillis learned to read and write. Wheatley's poetic themes are religious, and her style, like that of Philip Freneau, is neoclassical. Among her best-known poems are "To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works," a poem of praise and encouragement for another talented black, and a short poem showing her strong religious sensitivity filtered through her experience of Christian conversion. This poem unsettles some contemporary critics whites because they find it conventional, and blacks because the poem does not protest the immorality of slavery. Yet the work is a sincere expression; it confronts white racism and asserts spiritual equality. Indeed, Wheatley was the first to address such issues confidently in verse, as in "On Being Brought from Africa to America":

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25. Religious And Moral Poems By Phillis Wheatley - Project Gutenberg
Creator, Wheatley, Phillis (17531784). Title, Religious and Moral Poems. Language,English. LoC Class, BV Philosophy, Psychology, Religion Christianity
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26. Phyllis Wheatley
Africanborn Phillis Wheatley (~1753-1784) was brought to the US as a slave No Title - Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784. Phillis Wheatley was born in 1753 to
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Phyllis Wheatley
Often regarded as our first African-American writer, Phyllis Wheatley's poems garnered her the acquaintance and respect of such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock as well as letters of appreciation from George Washington. Her neoclassical works treat a number of significant themes, including politics, religion, nature, and her own slavery.
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  • 27. American Passages - Unit 4. Spirit Of Nationalism: Authors
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    In 1767, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in The Mercury , a Newport, Rhode Island, newspaper. Three years later she composed an elegy on the death of the Reverend George Whitefield, the popular itinerant minister who had spread evangelical Christianity throughout the colonies. Published first in The Massachusetts Spy and eventually appearing in broadside and pamphlet form in New York, Philadelphia, Newport, and London, Wheatley's elegy for Whitefield brought her international recognition. Because her poetry was published as the work of "a Servant Girl . . . Belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley of Boston: And has been but 9 Years in this Country from Africa," Phillis's readers knew that she was an African American slave. By 1772, she had compiled a collection of twenty-eight poems that she hoped to publish as a book. Unfortunately, Wheatley's advertisements in the Boston newspapers seeking subscribers to help finance her proposed book yielded few patrons. With the help of Susannah Wheatley and the patronage of the Countess of Huntingdon, she then traveled to England, where her book

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    31. Learning Commons - What Is Culture? - Glossary Item - Phillis Wheatley
    Africanborn Phillis Wheatley (~1753-1784) was brought to the US as a slave inthe ownership of a merchant named John Wheatley. Although it was unusual for
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    African-born Phillis Wheatley (~1753-1784) was brought to the U.S. as a slave in the ownership of a merchant named John Wheatley. Although it was unusual for slaves to be educated, Wheatley studied British literature and Latin at an early age and began writing herself at age 13. Although her work was appreciated by contemporary readers, it is only recently that Wheatley has begun to receive recognition in the academy as a central figure in 18th century U.S. literary history. use your browser's "back" function to return to the text
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    33. Phillis Wheatley
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    Born in 1753 in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold at a slave auction at age seven to a prosperous Boston family who educated her and treated her as a family member. Rescued from an otherwise hopeless situation by the sympathies of the Wheatley family, Phillis learned English with remarkable speed, and, although she never attended a formal school, she also learned Greek and Latin. Phillis Wheatley received her freedom and married a free black man in 1778 but, despite her skills, was never able to support her family. Although she died in complete poverty, subsequent generations would pick up where she left off. Wheatley was the first black writer of consequence in America; and her life was an inspiring example to future generations of African-Americans. In the 1830s, abolitionists reprinted her poetry and the powerful ideas contained in her deeply moving verse stood against the institution of slavery. To the students at the University of Cambridge in New England (Harvard), she wrote:

    34. An Elegy, Sacred To The Memory Of The Great Divine, The Reverend And Learned Dr.
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    An elegy, sacred to the memory of the great divine, the Reverend and learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, who departed this life December 29, 1783, aetatis 59. by Phillis Peters.

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    40. Poetry: Phyllis Wheatley
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    This brief overview of the changing face of America in the 1700s includes a biography of Wheatley. America's First Black Woman Poet
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    Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) was kidnapped from Africa and sold in the Boston slave market in 1761, so the true year of her birth will always be a mystery. She was bought by Susanna Wheatley, a woman of some means, and welcomed more as a new member of the Wheatley household than as a slave. Phillis was precocious and quickly learned English and Latin. She began writing when she was still only a young girl, and her earliest surviving poem was written in 1767, when she was twelve or thirteen. She was formally freed by the Wheatley family when she was about twenty but remained with them until her marriage to John Peters, a free black man, in 1778.

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