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