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Phillis Wheatley

The first published African-American female poet (Wikipedia).

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Born c. 1753
Died 5 December 1784

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  • Cover of: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

    First published in 2008 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral.

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  • Cover of: The poems of Phillis Wheatley

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition americanexperien00kate Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_y5z1 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 First published in 1999 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949

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  • Cover of: Life and works of Phillis Wheatley: containing her complete poetical works, numerous letters, and a complete biography of this famous poet of a century and a half ago

    First published in 1916 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: Poems of Phillis Wheatley

    First published in 2012 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the late reverend, and pious George Whitefield

    First published in 1770 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned George Whitefield: Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. &c. : Who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770, when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Boston, New-England. : In which is a condolatory address to his truly noble benefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon;-- and the orphan-children in Georgia, who, with many thousands are left, by the death of this great man, to lament the loss of a father, friend, and benefactor.

    First published in 1770 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.: Also, Poems by a slave.

    First published in 1834 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Women Who Wrote: Stories and Poems from Audacious Literary Mavens

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  • Cover of: Poems of Phillis Wheatley, As They Were Originally Published in London 1773

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  • Cover of: Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave: Also, Poems by a slave

    First published in 1838 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The poems of Phillis Wheatley, as they were originally published in London, 1773

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  • Cover of: An elegy, to Miss. Mary Moorhead, on the death of her father, the Rev. Mr. John Moorhead.

    First published in 1773 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters of Phillis Wheatley: the Negro-slave poet of Boston.

    First published in 1864 — 2 editions
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Born c. 1753
Died 5 December 1784

Subjects

American poetry, Poetry, African American authors, African American poets, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author), African American women poets, American Poets, American literature, Biography, Correspondence, African Americans, Classic Literature, Confederacy, Drama, Fiction, Literature, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Satanism, Union, United States Civil War, hanging, short story, American Civil War

Places

United States, Alabama, England, Massachusetts, Owl Creek Bridge, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Africa, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Missouri, New England, Saint Louis, Saint Louis (Mo.), Salem Village, West Africa

People

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), George Whitefield (1714-1770), Devil, Peyton Farquhar, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis

Time

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 19th century, 1861-1865, 18th century, American Civil War, 1692, 1861-65, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1600s, Civil War, December, Revolution, 1775-1783, carnival

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August 14, 2021 Edited by LibraryDude33 Added new photo
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
December 31, 2016 Edited by Agnes Reid Gutenberg link added
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import