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[Biography of Phillis Wheatley]
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- Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems, An
- Farewel To America, A
- Funeral Poem On The Death Of An Infant Aged Twelve Months, A
- Goliath Of Gath
- Hymn To Humanity, An
- Hymn To The Evening, An
- Hymn To The Morning, An
- Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo(Ovid's Metamorphoses Book VI
- Ode To Neptune
- On Being Brought From Africa To America
- On Imagination
- On Isaiah lxiii. 1-8
- On Recollection
- On The Death Of A Young Gentleman
- On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age
- On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall. 1771
- On The Death Of J. C. An Infant
- On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769
- On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1770
- On Virtue
- Rebus, By I. B., A
- Thoughts On The Works Of Providence
- To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady
- To a Gentleman and Lady On the Death of Lady's Brother, Sister, Child Avis age1
- To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health
- To A Lady And Her Children, On The Death Of Her Son And Their Brother
- To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her H
- To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation in an Hurricane in North-Carolina
- To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband
- To A Lady On The Death Of Three Relations
- To Captain H-----D, Of The 65th Regiment
- To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor, On The Death Of His Lady, March 24, 1773
- To Maecenas
- To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works
- To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On The Death Of His Daughter
- To The King's Most Excellent Majesty (1768)
- To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion
- To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth
- To The University Of Cambridge, In New England
Biography of Phillis Wheatley [Top]
The following is a Copy of a LETTER sent by the Author's Master to the Publisher.
PHILLIS was brought from Africa to America, in the Year 1761, between seven and eight Years of Age. Without any Assistance from School Education, and by only what she was taught in the Family, she, in sixteen Months Time from her Arrival, attained the English language, to which she was an utter Stranger before, to such a degree, as to read any, the most difficult Parts of the Sacred Writings, to the great Astonishment of all who heard her.
As to her WRITING, her own Curiosity led her to it; and this she learnt in so short a Time, that in the Year 1765, she wrote a Letter to the Rev. Mr. OCCOM, the Indian Minister, while in England.
She has a great Inclination to learn the Latin Tongue, and has made some Progress in it. This Relation is given by her Master who bought her, and with whom she now lives.
JOHN WHEATLEY.
Boston, Nov. 14, 1772. [ Top]
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