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Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American woman to be published as a poet. Her early history gives a clue as to her sheer brilliance at depicting the plight of slavery. Born in 1753, little Phillis was sold off to a wealthy American family. John Wheatley, a wealthy merchant, bought her for his wife Sussanna. They named her after the ship which brought her to America, the Phillis.She was also given the family surname, as per the conventions followed back then. Phillis was tutored and taught to read and write by Mary Wheatley, the Wheatley’s eldest Continue reading...