1753(?)-1784 Poet Birthplace: The Gambia, West Africa Graduate of Rust College |
Wheatley was born in approximately 1753, in West Africa. In 1761, she Poems by Phillis Wheatley
References
From Teaching History Online, this page features excerpts from different accounts of Wheatley's life.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwheatley.htm
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/wheatley.html Return to the Encyclopedia
of Prominent African Americans.