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Black Past: Phillis Wheatley

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This on-line encyclopedia article gives information about Phillis Wheatley, the Boston slave who surprised colonial America with her poetry. She was the first African-American woman to have her work published.

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female writers, colonial america
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colonial life, female poets, slave, women poets, women writers, black past, encyclopedia of african american history, phillis wheatley, early american literature, early american poetry, female american writers
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