Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

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Writing a research paper is not arduous, but writing it on a topic that you do not really understand is the real challenge. Lucky for me, my selection was based solely on a person that have prior knowledge of; thus making it easier for me. Although I thought I knew all there was to know about my author, it was to my surprise the amount of new information I learned in such a short period of time. Regardless of what I thought I knew about my author, I still learned plenty while conducting my research on her.
The girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was born on May 8th, 1753 in Gambia, what is now Senegal, West Africa. She was brought to America on a slave ship in 1761 after being kidnapped and bought by John Wheatley, a tailor in Boston. While living with the Wheatley’s, she was taught Theology, Latin, English, Greek, Ancient History, Mythology, and Literature, which all greatly influenced her poetic style and …show more content…
Due to the death of her masters, She left to find a job as a seamstress to support herself. Not only was she an advocate for educating African-Americans because she believed that the color of your skin had nothing to do with how insightful you are, but she also carried herself in an elegant manner both in person and in her work. Although she had financial difficulties, her fame still remained, in fact “In 1776, Wheatley wrote a letter and poem in support of George Washington; he replied with an invitation to visit him in Cambridge, stating that he would be “happy to see a person so favored by the muses.” (Academy of American Poets) Wheatley had been commemorated internationally, but when she died, she died alone in a boarding house on December 5th, 1784. “She was thirty-one years old. Many of the poems for her proposed second volume disappeared and have never been recovered.” (Phillis

Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

name Phillis Wheatley? Phillis Wheatley is an African-American that had some ups and downs in her life. Phillis Wheatley was born in 1753, in Senegal/Gambia, which is in West Africa. In 1761, Phillis was kidnapped at the age of 8 and was sent on a slave ship, by the man named John Wheatley. Phillis was sent to Boston, Massachusetts. When they got there John purchased her to be a self servant to Susanna, who is John’s wife. Phillis has a sister named Lucretia The Wheatley's taught Phillis Greek…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

She was introduced to the Wheatley family who bought her and introduced her to reading and writing, making her the first published female African American poet. Phillis Wheatley was born in the year, 1753 in West Africa, present day Senegal. When she turned 8 years old, she was brought on the ship called The Phillis, to British ruled Boston, Massachusetts on July 16th, 1761 to be sold for slavery. Phillis was then sold to the wealthy merchant and tailor, John Wheatley, for his wife, Susanna. They…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

Phillis Wheatley was first a slave, and then a poet. After being kidnapped from West Africa and ¨enslaved, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry...¨ (Biography.com). During her life she became a passionate supporter of America's fight for independence, and that led her to create works of poetry about George Washington and a meeting with him in March of 1776. Her life was full of struggle and despair, but her beautiful poems kept…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

Phillis Wheatley, is my favorite poet, Phillis Wheatley was only seven or eight years old when she was captured and taken from her home in West Africa. I would never ever want to be taken away from my home like Phillis Wheatly. Although she died poor, she died a free woman. At least she died a free woman I would want to die a free woman if i was a slave. 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. Honestly…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

to be used as free labor. For Phillis Wheatley, this was her reality since 1753, where she too had been forcefully displaced to the United States. Though the majority of her life would be before the bald eagle would become the national bird as it is today, the nature of birds being equated to freedom would persist. It is then throughout the…

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Phillis Wheatley Research Paper

18th century, Phillis Wheatley. Phillis was brought by John and Susanna Wheatley, whose first name was given to them from the boat she was kidnapped on two years ago by Phillis. Phillis was taught how to read and write, which was not a thing then. People did not speak very well to their poem because they felt as if she wasn’t telling the truth because Phillis didn’t want to make certain people feel angry. Phillis quote “Wisdom is higher than a fool could reach’’ was loved by many Phillis wanted all…

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1790-1850," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 68 (1944), 243-268. See also Ann Douglas, The Feminization of American Culture (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977). l^Patricia Branca and Peter Stearns, "On the History of Modern Women, a Research Note," AHA Newsletter, 12 (September, 1974), 6. 14"Advice to a Young Lady," The American Magazine, or General Repository (July, 1769), p. 224. The poem was reprinted as "Advice to the Ladies," Virginia Gazette, ed. Purdie and Dixon (May 16, 1771)…

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