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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

BLACK HISTORY MAKER (DAY 22) PHILLIS WHEATLEY


Phillis Wheatley (born c. 1753) was brought to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by John Wheatley as a personal servant to his wife. The Wheatleys educated Phillis, and she was soon mastering Latin and Greek, and writing poetry.
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