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WHEATLEY, PHILLIS

\wˈiːtlɪ], \wˈiːtlɪ], \w_ˈiː_t_l_ɪ]\

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1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1753-1784), was brought from Africa to America in 1761, and purchased in the slave market by John Wheatley. She showed remarkable ability, and learned easily. She acquired prominence by her poems.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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