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From Phillis Wheatley's On Being Brought From Africa To America
Phillis Wheatley was a poet and a former slave born in 1753?, and lived through 1784. She was living in the Senegal-Gambia region of Africa when she was abducted. John Wheatley purchased Phyllis because his wife Susannah Wheatley needed a companion. She received the surname of her slave purchasers.Wheatley was treated very kind by her slave purchasers. Once her purchasers realized how wonderful and talented she was, they taught her how to read and write. Wheatley is believed to be the first black poet of note in the United States. Although Wheatley was a slave she usually avoided talking about slavery. However, many people believe that her best poem was “On Being Brought from Africa to America”. Even though Phillis Wheatley didn't like to
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