61. Phillis Wheatley an error occurred while processing this directive Phillis Wheatley. (c.17531784). Related Resources. • Our library of 18th century poets. http://www.about.com/arts/poetry/library/weekly/blwheatley.htm

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) Related Resources Our library of 18th century poets Elsewhere on the Web Phillis Wheatley page at Voices from the Gaps Wheatley biography at AAP Poems on various subjects, religious and moral , digital transcription of Wheatley's book at the New York Public Library Phillis Wheatley, Poet Phillis Wheatley was America's first black poet. Born in Senegal in 1753, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven to John and Susannah Wheatley of Boston. Although originally brought into the Wheatley household as a servant, Phillis became a member of the family, and was raised side-by-side with the Wheatley's two children. What came next was amazing in the context of the times: Phillis learned how to read and write English, then Greek and Latin. At thirteen she wrote her first poem. Phillis became a Boston sensation when one of her poems was published as a broadside in 1770. Three years later, 39 of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

62. Phillis Wheatley clicking on the MERRIAMWEBSTER DICTIONARY. An Eighteenth Century WomanPHILLIS Wheatley (1753-1784). An engraving of Wheatley from the http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/Pages/WomensWebQuest/PhillisWheatley.

To Students During your WebQuest, look up words and meanings by clicking on the MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY An Eighteenth Century Woman PHILLIS WHEATLEY An engraving of Wheatley from the front of her collection of poetry, From the College of William and Mary Website Phillis Wheatley was the first African - American to become a published poet. Born in Africa and sold into slavery, Wheatley learned to read and write and showed remarkable talents at an early age. She published her first poem at the age of 17, and three years later an entire volume of her poetry was published. Wheatley lived in Boston, Massachusetts during the time of the Boston Tea Party , and the American Revolution. At the age of 25, she married John Peters, a free black man, and had two children. Before she died at age 31, she became a patriot and a great admirer of George Washington, about whom she wrote: A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, With gold unfading, Washington! be thine. Wheatley often wrote elegies, poems praising people who had died. Here are a few lines of one: THY COUNTRY mourns th' afflicting Hand divine That now forbids thy radiant lamp to shine

63. Phyllis Wheatley Eighteenth century readers of Phillis Wheatley’s (c. 17531784) Poems were impressednot only by the quality of the verse, but also by the fact that the http://library.vassar.edu/information/special-collections/americana2/PhyllisWhea

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64. Special Collections: Treasures Of Americana Eighteenth century readers of Phillis Wheatley’s (c. 17531784) Poems were impressednot only by the quality of the verse, but also by the fact that the http://library.vassar.edu/information/special-collections/americana.html

Vassar College Libraries Treasures of Americana, 1760-1830 May 4th through June Essays: Introduction Revisiting, Revising and Reviving America's Founding Era Carver, Jonathan. Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for the author; and sold by J. Walter [etc.], 1778. Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) grew up in New England and by 1760 served as a captain in a Massachusetts regiment. His travels took him through the Great Lakes, to the Mississippi River, and into Minnesota before returning to Boston. This first edition of the Travels was extremely popular at the time, and the work was re-published in a variety of locations in subsequent years. Much of Travels deals with Native Americans, and because there are no citations, some have questioned whether Carver was the true author. Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Poems United States, Continental Congress. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774: Containing the Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies, and an Address to the Inhabitants of Quebec: Published by Order of the Congress. New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, 1774.

65. WHO ARE OUR PHILLIS WHEATLEYS? Mayer Shevin Facilitated Communication Institute Phillis Wheatley (17531784)is widely recognized as the first African-American author ever published. http://soeweb.syr.edu/thefci/1-3shev1.htm

This article originally appeared in Vol. 1 No. 3 (May, 1993) of the Facilitated Communication Digest, [pp. 1-2]. Editorial: WHO ARE OUR PHILLIS WHEATLEYS? Mayer Shevin Facilitated Communication Institute Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) is widely recognized as the first African-American author ever published. The young girl was brought from Africa to Boston as a slave in 1761 at the age of seven, and bought by a tailor, John Wheatley. She received an extensive education within the home of the family that owned her, and began writing poetry at about the age of 13. In his preface to Wheatley's Collected Works, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes: Sometime in 1772, a young African girl walked demurely into a room in Boston to undergo an oral examination, the results of which would determine the direction of her life and work. Perhaps she was shocked upon entering the appointed room. For there... sat 18 of Boston's most notable citizens. Among them were... John Hancock, who would later gain fame for his signature on the Declaration of Independence. At the center of this group was His Excellency, Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Massachusetts... Why had this august group been assembled? Why had it seen fit to summon this young African girl, scarcely 18 years old, before it? The group of "the most respectable Characters in

66. American Passages - Unit 4. Spirit Of Nationalism: Authors Authors Phillis Wheatley (c. 17531784) 7388 Scipio Moorhead,Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit04/authors-10.html

Home Channel Video Catalog About Us ... Contact Us Select a Different Unit 1. Native Voices 2. Exploring Borderlands 3. Utopian Promise 4. Spirit of Nationalism 5. Masculine Heroes 6. Gothic Undercurrents 7. Slavery and Freedom 8. Regional Realism 9. Social Realism 10. Rhythms in Poetry 11. Modernist Portraits 12. Migrant Struggle 13. Southern Renaissance 14. Becoming Visible 15. Poetry of Liberation 16. Search for Identity Spirit of Nationalism Unit Overview Using the Video Authors ... Activities Authors: Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) ] Scipio Moorhead, Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston (1773), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-5316]. Phillis Wheatley Activities This link leads to artifacts, teaching tips and discussion questions for this author. 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

67. Wheatley, Phillis.Poems Wheatley, Phillis. Poems. Book List by Author http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/digs/wwm9728

68. Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) American Writer - Classic Literature Wheatley, Phillis Guide picks. (1753?1784) American writer. Born in Africa,Phillis Wheatley was the first important African-American poet. http://classiclit.about.com/cs/wheatleyphillis/

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69. Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) American Writer - Classic Literature - Page 2 Of 2 Wheatley, Phillis Guide picks. http://classiclit.about.com/cs/wheatleyphillis/index_2.htm

zfp=-1 About Homework Help Literature: Classic Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Literature: Classic with Esther Lombardi Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Book Reviews Directory How to Directory ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Wheatley, Phillis Guide picks Previous Reel to Reel Ministries Resource provides a discussion of Wheatley's life and talks about how her poetry inspired further abolitionists. The body into print: Marketing Phillis Wheatley "Phillis Wheatley's poetry provided some of the first examples that blacks could read, write, and think; and made available to posterity one of the few first-hand eighteenth-century accounts of a slave's experience in the world. Wilcox examines how Wheatley's servitude was used to market her own poetry to suit both contemporary expectations of authorship and her supporter's own ends." University of Delaware Library University offers a biography of the servant who was educated as a poet and provides a look at an original of her work.

70. BBC - History - Phillis Wheatley (c.1753 - 1784) Phillis Wheatley (c.1753 1784). Phillis Wheatley was America'sfirst black poet. Born in Senegal, Africa, around 1753, she was http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wheatley_phillis.shtml

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH WEDNESDAY 2nd April 2003 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Phillis Wheatley (c.1753 - 1784) Phillis Wheatley was America's first black poet. Born in Senegal, Africa, around 1753, she was transported to Boston in 1761 to be sold on the slave market. John Wheatley, a tailor from Boston, purchased her as a child to serve his wife. Soon Wheatley was accepted as a member of the family and Mary Wheatley, John's daughter, was made her personal tutor. She learned English with remarkable speed and although she never attended a formal school, also learned Greek and Latin. At the age of 13 Wheatley began writing poetry. Her first published poem 'On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin' appeared in the Newport Mercury in 1767. In the following years, a number of poems appeared in various publications in and around Boston. The publication of a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitefield in 1770 made Wheatley a sensation. As a result Countess Selina of Huntingdon, a close friend of Whitefield, invited Wheatley to England and assisted the young woman in the publication of her poems. In 1773, a volume was published in London as Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

71. Voices From The Gaps: Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley 1753 1784. PROJECT INFO. Overview and purpose of the program.Awards. Credits acknowledgments. List of contributors. Permissions list. Contactus. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/WHEATLEYphillis.html

PROJECT WRITERS CLASSROOM SUBMIT ... By significant dates PHILLIS WHEATLEY PROJECT INFO Overview and purpose of the program Awards List of contributors Permissions list ... Contact us (please note that we have no contact with the writers and cannot provide contact information) Not you, my friend, these plaintive strains become, Not you, whose bosom is the Muses home; When they from tow'ring Helicon retire, They fan in you the bright immortal fire, But I less happy, cannot raise the song, The fault'ring music dies upon my tongue. The happier Terence all the choir inspir'd, His soul replenish'd, and his bosom fir'd; But say, ye Muses, why this partial grace, To one alone of Afric's sable race; From age to age transmitting thus his name With the first glory in the rolls of fame? To Maecenas Phillis Wheatley Photo credits Click to go to: Biography - Criticism Selected Bibliography Related Links BIOGRAPHY - CRITICISM Born in Africa in the early 1750's, the child who would be known as Phillis Wheatley was brought to Boston in 1761 to be sold on the slave market. The child was purchased by the Wheatleys, a prominent Boston family. Early on, Phillis showed signs of remarkable intelligence. The Wheatley's noticed this intelligence and encouraged it by making Mary Wheatley her personal tutor. Phillis began writing poems as a young woman and gradually began to see poetry as her avenue of expression in literate white culture. Her first published poem, "On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin." appeared in the

72. Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley, Phillis. Phillis Wheatley. Library of Congress, Washington,DC; neg. no. LC USZ 62 40054. (1753?1784), poet Born about 1753 http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Wheatley_Phillis.html

Wheatley, Phillis Phillis Wheatley Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; neg. no. LC USZ 62 40054 (1753?-1784), poet Born about 1753, probably in Senegal, West Africa, the young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and brought to Boston on a slaveship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third daughter. The Wheatleys soon recognized her talents and gave her privileges unusual for a slave, allowing her to learn to read and write. In less than two years, under the tutelage of Mrs. Wheatley and her daughters, Phillis had mastered English; she went on to learn Greek and Latin and caused a stir among Boston scholars by translating a tale from Ovid. From the age of 14 she wrote exceptionally mature, if conventional, poetry that was largely concerned with morality and piety. Wheatley's better known pieces include "To the University of Cambridge in New England," "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," "On the Death of Rev. Dr. Sewall," and "An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine...George Whitefield," the last of which was the first of her poems to be published, in 1770. She was escorted by Mr. Wheatley's son to London in 1773, and there her first book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

73. Wheatley, Phillis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 Edition. 2001. Wheatley, Phillis. 1753?–1784, American poet, consideredthe first important black writer in the United States. Brought http://www.bartleby.com/65/wh/WheatlyP.html

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75. Academic Directories project of the Department of English at the University of Toronto, this site containselectronic texts of selected poetry by Phillis Wheatley (1753?1784). http://www.allianceforlifelonglearning.org/er/tree.jsp?c=6130

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Encyclopedia Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley, Phillis, , American poet, considered the first important black writer in the United States. Brought from Africa in 1761, she became a slave of the Boston merchant John Wheatley, who, recognizing her intelligence and wit, educated her and encouraged her talent. Her work, which was derivative, includes Poems on Various Subjects (1773). Although she obtained her freedom and traveled to England, where she was much admired, she eventually died in poverty. See her Life and Works (1916, repr. 1969). Wheatley, Henry Benjamin Wheaton, Henry AD AD AD AD AD Print this page Cite this page Awards and Press Link to Fact Monster Add Fact Monster search ... Privacy

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78. ~Columnist's Corner~ COLUMNIST’S COLUMN CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH Phillis Wheatley First PubliclyAcclaimed AfricanAmerican Writer c. 1753 - 1784 By Patricia Brasky http://www.neatwomeninc.com/cc_blackhistorymonth.shtml

Home Today's Treasure New For You Health Center ... Sitemap COLUMNIST’S COLUMN CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH Phillis Wheatley First Publicly Acclaimed African-American Writer c. 1753 - 1784 By Patricia Brasky Chadwick Phillis Wheatley was a highly educated woman and a gifted poet of the late eighteenth century. While it was unusual for a woman of that era to be highly educated, it was almost unheard of for a slave to be able to read and write. Regardless, Phillis Wheatley was a slave girl whose education helped to her to become a recognized and published poet in the late 1700s. Born in Senegal, West Africa c. 1753, Phillis was kidnapped from her native land and brought to America on a slave ship in 1761. That same year, she was sold at a slave auction in Boston to the family of John Wheatley, a prominent Boston merchant. The Wheatley family treated Phillis with love and respect and allowed her unusual privileges for a slave, giving her the opportunity to learn to read and write. When Phillis was still quite young, the Wheatleys recognized in her signs of a remarkable intelligence. She became the charge of the young Mary Wheatley, who, at age fifteen, had a thirst for knowledge and was one of the most highly educated women in Boston at the time. Mary took it upon herself to teach Phillis English and to educate her. Mary also enlisted the help of her twin brother, Nathaniel, to teach Phillis Latin. The family was also careful to teach Phillis the tenants of the Christian faith and she came to know the Bible well, becoming a Christian at a young age.

79. History's Women An Online Magazine Phillis Wheatley First AfricanAmerican Writer of Consequence c. 1753 - 1784By Patricia Chadwick patti@historyswomen.com Phillis Wheatley was a highly http://www.historyswomen.com/PhillisWheatley.html

A magazine highlighting the extraordinary achievements of women throughout history and recognizing the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to reach their goals Click Here to Sign Up! It's Free Need help navigating the site? See our site map! Search The Site - Choose One - Index Women of Faith Ist Women Social Reformers The Arts History in the Making Early America Amazing Moms Miscellaneous Site Map Card Shop A Woman To Admire Secure Order Form Guest Book Writing Submissions About History's Women Our Banner Exchange Join Our Free Newsletter Link Page Web Rings Awards and Gifts Phillis Wheatley First African-American Writer of Consequence c. 1753 - 1784 By Patricia Chadwick patti@historyswomen.com Phillis Wheatley was a highly educated woman and a gifted poet of the late eighteenth century. While it was unusual for woman of that era to be highly educated, it was almost unheard of for a slave to be able to read and write. Regardless, Phillis Wheatley was a slave girl whose education helped to her to become a recognized and published poet in the late 1700s.

80. Phillis Wheatley (Reference) 1753(?)1784 Poet Birthplace The Gambia, West Africa Graduate she was sold to Johnand Susanna Wheatley. but when Susanna realized that Phillis was interested http://teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4617.html

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