[DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley - Wikipedia [PAR] Notable works, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Spouse, John 
Peters. Children, Three. Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753  December 5, 1784) was the 
first published African-American female poet. Her first name is sometimes spelled 
"Phyllis". Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or 
eight ... She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to 
read... [DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley - Poet - Biography.com [PAR] Jan 29, 2016 ... She wrote Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, making her the first 
African American and first U.S. slave to publish a volume of poetry. ... of the first 
women to publish a book of poetry in the colonies, doing so in 1773. ... Born in 
Senegal/Gambia in about 1753, poet Phillis Wheatley was brought... [DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley | Poetry Foundation [PAR] Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley was one of the ... the first 
edition of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), the first 
volume .... During the year of her death (1784), she was able to publish, under 
the name... [DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley's poem on tyranny and slavery, 1772 | The Gilder ... [PAR] Born in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was captured and sold into slavery as a child. She 
was purchased by John Wheatley of Boston in 1761. The Wheatleys soon 
recognized Phillis's ... This poem was printed in her book, Poems on Various 
Subjects, Religious and Moral, published in London in 1773. With this book's 
appearance,... [DOC] [TLE] PHILLIS WHEATLEY (ca. 1753  1784) [PAR] Because she arrived in the American colonies as an African slave, the year and 
location of ... and her only published volume, Poems on Various Subjects, 
Religious and Moral, appeared in 1773 with a foreword attesting to her talent 
signed by... [DOC] [TLE] Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis ... [PAR] Feb 26, 2013 ... Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral is the first published volume of 
poetry by an African-American author. ... She was named after the ship that 
brought her from Africa. ... Phillis Wheatley's experience as a slave in 18th 
century Boston was highly unusual, in that she does appear to have been... [DOC] [TLE] Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral | Academy of ... [PAR] Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral - Born in Senegal, Africa 
around 1753, Phillis Wheatley was brought to America in 1761 and sold into 
slavery to John Wheatley. ... of her book, she learned English in just sixteen 
months and "as to her writing, ... Year. 1773 ... Wheatley published her first poem, 
On Messrs. [DOC] [TLE] Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral - Massachusetts ... [PAR] ... of this first book of poetry by a Black American, was born in West Africa. ... Her 
status as a slave is somewhat misleading, as she was treated almost as a ... The 
volume was published in London in September of 1773 through London ... A 
Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works," is published in her collective 
volume. [DOC] [TLE] African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts [PAR] Prior to the book's debut, her first published poem, "On Messrs Hussey and Coffin
," ... in addition to her book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, but 
a ... Born in West Africa about 1753, Wheatley was named for the slave ship, the 
... In May of 1773 she accompanied the Wheatley's son Nathaniel to England,... [DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley, the First African American Published Book of Poetry [PAR] September 1, 1773 ... A slave ship brought her to Boston in 1761. ... Her 
collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published on ... 
How did she become the first African American writer to publish a book of poetry, 
when... [DOC] [TLE] Phillis Wheatley:

Question: An African-born slave, she published her "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" in 1773
Answer: Phillis Wheatley