Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

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Have you ever heard of the name Phillis Wheatley? Phillis Wheatley is an African-American that had some ups and downs in her life. Phillis Wheatley was born in 1753, in Senegal/Gambia, which is in West Africa. In 1761, Phillis was kidnapped at the age of 8 and was sent on a slave ship, by the man named John Wheatley. Phillis was sent to Boston, Massachusetts. When they got there John purchased her to be a self servant to Susanna, who is John’s wife. Phillis has a sister named Lucretia The Wheatley's taught Phillis Greek and Latin and she soon became an excellent writing poet. Her sister named Lucretia helped her too. Sometimes though Phillis felt very nervous and scared to read, write, and even learn because of how African-Americans were usually treated back then. African-Americans couldn’t use the same bathrooms, be in the same room, and even different schools.

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When she got back to Boston, Wheatley's life, was like everything had just faded or collapsed. When she found out that there were a lot of deaths from the Wheatley family she was so shocked, but even more shocked that Susan and John died. In 1778, Wheatley married a guy from Boston named John Peters who was an African-American. When they got married Their marriage was awful, with them fighting against poorness. Eventually, Wheatley got separated with him for a while. Later, Phillis was required to live in in a dirty boarding school that needed a lot of work, but at the same time she had to find a job to be a maid. When the Revolutionary war came it was hard for to keep up with working on her poems so she slacked a bit. In her late 30s, she had died on December 5, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts

Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

Phillis Wheatley, is my favorite poet, Phillis Wheatley was only seven or eight years old when she was captured and taken from her home in West Africa. I would never ever want to be taken away from my home like Phillis Wheatly. Although she died poor, she died a free woman. At least she died a free woman I would want to die a free woman if i was a slave. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent. Honestly…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

to be used as free labor. For Phillis Wheatley, this was her reality since 1753, where she too had been forcefully displaced to the United States. Though the majority of her life would be before the bald eagle would become the national bird as it is today, the nature of birds being equated to freedom would persist. It is then throughout the…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

18th century, Phillis Wheatley. Phillis was brought by John and Susanna Wheatley, whose first name was given to them from the boat she was kidnapped on two years ago by Phillis. Phillis was taught how to read and write, which was not a thing then. People did not speak very well to their poem because they felt as if she wasn’t telling the truth because Phillis didn’t want to make certain people feel angry. Phillis quote “Wisdom is higher than a fool could reach’’ was loved by many Phillis wanted all…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

She was introduced to the Wheatley family who bought her and introduced her to reading and writing, making her the first published female African American poet. Phillis Wheatley was born in the year, 1753 in West Africa, present day Senegal. When she turned 8 years old, she was brought on the ship called The Phillis, to British ruled Boston, Massachusetts on July 16th, 1761 to be sold for slavery. Phillis was then sold to the wealthy merchant and tailor, John Wheatley, for his wife, Susanna. They…

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Phillis Wheatley was first a slave, and then a poet. After being kidnapped from West Africa and ¨enslaved, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry...¨ (Biography.com). During her life she became a passionate supporter of America's fight for independence, and that led her to create works of poetry about George Washington and a meeting with him in March of 1776. Her life was full of struggle and despair, but her beautiful poems kept…

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