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this society."
? Malcolm X
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PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
Phyllis WhcaUcy has been deemed
as "the first important black poet."
Wheatley was bom in Africa and at
the age of eight she made the horren
dous and inhumane journey to America
shackled in a slave ship. She was
purchased in Boston by John Wheat
ley, a tailor looking for a servent for
his wife. Mrs. Wheatley gave her ser
vant the name Phyllis and taught her
how to read and write.
Wheatley was also encouraged to
study Latin, geography and history
After a while, she began reading the
classic romantic poets such as Virgil
and Horace. Eventually, she read
Alexander Pope whom many of her
poems were modeled after.
Wheatley has been described as a
"dignified" slave. She translated po
ems from Latin and the citizens of
Boston where so astonished at the
"intelligence of the Negro" they had
her poem published. At the age of 1 3,
she wrote to the University of Cam
bridge in New England for permission
10 siuay.
It was obvious that WhcaUcy had a
gift for writing. In 1772, she wrote "A
Farewell To America: To Mrs. S.
Wheatley" who helped her secure pas
sage to England. By 1773, Wheatley
had written enough poetry to have a
collection of them published in Lon
don under the title of "Poems On
Various Subjects." Her poetry won
much admiration in America as well
as in England and many abolition
ists pointed to Wheatley as proof
that slaves should be freed.
Besides poetry Phyllis also
"To The Right Reverend Honor
able William, EarJ of
Dartmouth," Wheatley said that
the U.S. wanting independence
from England was like her own
yearning to be free.
When Phyllis retur?e4-Ho
America,. she wrote to George -
Washington, who replied and in
vited her for a visit. After the
death of her farmer masters^
Phyllis married JofaaJPew&. She
died in childbirth in 1784.