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Phillis Wheatley was both the second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman. Born in Senegambia, she was sold into slavery at the age of 7 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. The publication of her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral brought her fame both in England and the American colonies; figures such as George Washington praised her work. During Wheatley's visit to England with her master's son, the African-American poet Jupiter Hammon praised her work in his own poem. Wheatley was emancipated after the death of her master John Wheatley. She married soon after. Two of her children died as infants. After her husband was imprisoned for debt in 1784, Wheatley fell into poverty and died of illness, quickly followed by the death of her surviving infant son.

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List of poems by Phillis Wheatley 42 total

A Farewel To America to Mrs. S. W.
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A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months
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A Rebus
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An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems
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An Hymn to Humanity
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An Hymn To The Evening
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An Hymn To The Morning
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Goliath Of Gath
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His Excellency General Washington
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Isaiah LXIII
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Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo, From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. And From A View Of The Painting Of Mr. Richard Wilson
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Ode To Neptune
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On Being Brought from Africa to America
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On Imagination
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On Recollection
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On The Death Of A Youn Gentleman
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On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age
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On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall
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On the Death of J.C. an Infant
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On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield
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On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769
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On Virtue
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One Being Brought From Africa To America
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Thoughts On The Works Of Providence
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To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady
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To A Gentleman And Lady On The Death Of The Lady's Brother And Sister, And A Child Of The Name Of Avis, Aged One Year
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To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health
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To a Lady and Her Children
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To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health
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To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In A Hurrican In North-Carolina
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To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband
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To a Lady on the Death of Three Relations
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To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment
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To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor, On The Death Of His Lady Marc 24, 1773
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To Maecenas
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To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works
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To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On the Death Of His Daughter
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To The King's Most Excellent Majesty 1768
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To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which that Duty Is Recommended And Assisted
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To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary Of The State For North-America,
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To the Rt. Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth
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To the University of Cambridge
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