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Phillis Wheatley in her time was one of the most well known poets and being African American gave blacks a huge sense of pride. She also showed that black people can have intelligence and personal opinions. Her huge accomplishments in English literature set boundaries for the African American community and she will always be remembered in history.

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In her poems she also includes biblical symbolism. "On Being Brought from Africa to America" addresses that African Americans need to be a part of the Christian community. This poem becomes one of her most famous.

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Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley 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 publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy, Wheatley was the abolitionists' illustrative testimony that blacks could be both artistic and intellectual.

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At age 13 she published her first poem, " The Reverend and Learned George Whitefield", in 1770.

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Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley 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 publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy, Wheatley was the abolitionists' illustrative testimony that blacks could be both artistic and intellectual.

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John Wheatley and Susanna Wheatley took her as a slave. They taught her how to read and write. That's how her love of English poetry began.

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Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley 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 publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy, Wheatley was the abolitionists' illustrative testimony that blacks could be both artistic and intellectual.

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She was taken from her home at age 7 and was sent to North America.

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Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley 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 publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy, Wheatley was the abolitionists' illustrative testimony that blacks could be both artistic and intellectual.

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Phillis Wheatley was born in Senegal, West Africa.

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Although she was an African slave, Phillis Wheatley 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 publishing her poems, and paraded before the new republic's political leadership and the old empire's aristocracy, Wheatley was the abolitionists' illustrative testimony that blacks could be both artistic and intellectual.

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Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)