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Phillis Wheatley by Olivia
 * Former slave that wrote poems and plays which supported American independence form Great Britain.


 * 7 years old when kidnapped from West Africa


 * Was shipped to Boston and sold as a slave to a wheatly family


 * While she was with the wheatly family they encouraged her to study,which very few slaves were allowed to do


 * At the age 20, Phillis took her second trip across the Atlantic Ocean


 * She went to London to help sell her newly published book of poems


 * Published first poems in 1770 supporting American Independence


 * Bought,freed, and educated by Quaker family


 * Former African - American slave