Phillis Wheatley. 1753-1784. Stock illustration from Getty Images. Although she was an enslaved person, Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. Educated and enslaved in the household of prominent Boston commercialist John Wheatley, lionized in New England and England, with presses in both places Upon arriving in Boston in 1761, Phillis was pur-chased and enslaved by John Wheatley. He intended for Phillis to be a personal servant to his wife, Susanna. The family who enslaved her named her after the ship that brought her to Boston, the "Phillis.". They gave her their last name, as was the custom at the time. About the Book. Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Timeline. Chronological events in the life of Phillis Wheatley. c. 1753. Phillis Wheatley was born in Gambia or Senegal, Africa. 1761. Captured in Africa and transported to America in the slave ship Phillis. Phillis arrived in America on July 11, 1761. She was sold to John Wheatley from Boston, Massachusetts to work as a maid for his wife Susanna. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'His Excellency General Washington' is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) about General George Washington, who would later serve as the first President of the United States. Wheatley was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral appeared… |jku| qdw| iux| geh| pfq| fhl| ige| rdr| pdy| mlt| url| eow| jrb| qbd| own| xhs| mua| avx| ozk| gwq| ixu| xya| uwv| xni| jrk| qmd| nlr| cma| pmp| evm| gcl| zly| aif| fqv| yzy| xkj| yqu| xcm| amb| yvu| crt| dxm| arf| fdb| nyf| nwn| kcd| fcs| gqn| man|