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Wheatley Phillis
(1753—1784)

Phillis Wheatley was an American hero, being seized from home in Africa to dying while trying to support her family. At age seven or eight, in 1760, Phillis was sold to John Wheatley in a slave market for his wife, Susannah, for a personal slave. After noticing that Phillis was always trying to scratch her name in charcoal on the outsides of the... More...

Senegal, 1971, Philis Wheatley

Turks & Caicos, 1982, Philis Wheatley and George Washington