In 1773, Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery and became the first African American to publish a book of poetry. She was bought by John and Susanna Wheatley in 1761. Recognizing her intellectual abilities, they encouraged Phillis to study classical literature and the Bible. | Museum of the Bible
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In 1773, Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery and became the first African American to publish a book of poetry. She was bought by John and Susanna Wheatley in 1761. Recognizing her intellectual abilities, they encouraged Phillis to study classical literature and the Bible. | Museum of the Bible
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Did you know that Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to be published? Learn more about her life with Curator Amy Van Dyke on our Impact of the Bible Floor. | Museum of the Bible
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Phillis Wheatley was born free on October 26, 1775. Kidnapped at 7. Stuffed in the bowels of a ship named The Phillis and enslaved by a Bostonian family named the Wheatley's. So that is what they called her, Phillis Wheatley. They stole her body and her name, but they could not steal her mind. She mastered the English language in mere months. Then Greek and Latin, too. A genius. She went on to become the first Black woman or man in America to publish a book. It was a book of poetry. #NationalPoe
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This engraving shows Phillis Wheatley (c.1753 to 1784), the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry and the first African American poet to gain international recognition. The image comes from the frontispiece to her 1773 London book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. It was created to publicly affirm her authorship at a time when many people refused to believe an enslaved African woman could write literature. Before publication, she was examined by leading Boston f
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