Phillis Wheatley, was kidnapped from West Africa as a child and shipped to Boston on a slave ship.
In Boston, Massachusetts, Wheatley was fortunate to grow up in comfortable circumstances as she inherited a family that treated her well and encouraged her education. Phillis published her first poems in 1767, and was fluent in Greek and Latin.
Moreover, she was highly admired in the United States and England, and was idolized by many African Americans because she was living proof of black intellectual accomplishment.
In Boston, Massachusetts, Wheatley was fortunate to grow up in comfortable circumstances as she inherited a family that treated her well and encouraged her education. Phillis published her first poems in 1767, and was fluent in Greek and Latin.
Moreover, she was highly admired in the United States and England, and was idolized by many African Americans because she was living proof of black intellectual accomplishment.
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