https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp (1753-17840 en-us 2016-02-10 15:23:08 UTC 2025-12-05 00:38:56 UTC hello@padlet.com lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94342960 (1753-17844)]]> 2016-02-10 15:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94342960 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94343512 -First published African American female poet.]]> 2016-02-10 15:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94343512 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94344372 -Received lessons in theology, English, Latin, and Greek.]]> 2016-02-10 15:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94344372 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94345165 -She was purchased as a slave in Boston.]]> 2016-02-10 15:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94345165 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94345731 -Wheatley wrote her first published poem at around age 13.]]> 2016-02-10 15:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94345731 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94346570 -She was born in Senegal.]]> 2016-02-10 15:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94346570 lockem50 https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94347134 -Her first book, "Poems on various subject, Religious, and moral" earned her rave reviews. She became the first black female poet. In 1778 she was given her freedom when the Wheatlys all passed away or left the colonies. Her poems caught the people's attention to the intelligence of the black race, and she also had an everlasting impact on the abolitionist movement. ]]> 2016-02-10 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lockem50/ozro271oqsrp/wish/94347134