Question

Who was Phillis Wheatley?

Answer 1

An african-american slave

Answer 2

Answer:

Phillis Wheatley was an African-American slave.

Explanation:

Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American writer to publish a book in the United States. His work Poems on Various Subjects was published in 1773, two years before the War of Independence of the United States began, and is seen as one of the first examples of Afro-genre literature.

Born in what Senegal would be, later installed in what would be Gambia, she was captured and subjected to slavery when she was seven years old. Wheatley was taken to America about 1760, where John and Susannah Wheatley of Boston, Massachusetts bought her and was converted to the Christian faith. The merchant family made sure that the intellectually gifted girl received a good education, including studies in Latin, Greek, mythology and history. She would soon master English, with her first poem published around 1767 at the age of 13, in the Newport Mercury.