Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was both the second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write, and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.
== Tossup Questions ==
# This poet mused "If there's no heav'n, ah! whither wilt thou go, make they Ilysium in the shades below?" in "An Address to the Atheist." This poet of "An Address to the Atheist" also honored the death of a chaplain with the lines "Hail, happy saint, on thy immortal throne! To thee complaints of grievance are unknown." She also honored a figure whose "ev'ry action let the goddess guide, a crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, with gold unfading" in a poem that begins "Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light." That poem describes "Columbia's fury found" and "the land of freedom's heaven-defended race" that defeats Britannia. For 10 points, name this early African-American poet that wrote "To His Excellency, General Washington."
# This author wrote an elegy to Samuel Cooper, as well as an elegy on the death of her father addressed to Mary Moorhead. One poem by this author begins "'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land," and expresses appreciation at being taught Christianity. She was able to publish her writing after a group of the leading citizens of Boston interrogated her to confirm that she was able to write poems despite not being white. For 10 points, name this eighteenth century female African-American poet.
# In an elegy to General Wooster, this writer noted "How, presumptuous shall we hope to find, Divine acceptance with the Almighty mind." In another work, this poet expresses gratitude for being "taught to understand that there's a God, that there's a Savior too" and notes that she "may be refined, and join the angelic train." That work appeared in her (*) Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, which was prefaced with "attestations" by Boston men. For 10 points, name this poet of "On Being Brought from Africa to America," the first African-American woman to be published.
# This poet wrote defenses of piety in "An Address to the Atheist" and "An Address to the Deist." She wrote that "A monarch's smile can set his people free" in "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty" which celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act and gained prominence with an elegy on the death of George Whitefield. Most of her poems were published in the book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, and she described her own situation in "On being brought from Africa to America." For 10 points, name this early African-American poet.