Phillis+Wheatley+by+Erika

​ ​ Phillis Wheatley by Erika ​

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 * Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped at the age of seven at her home in West Africa.
 * Phillis Wheatley was a former slave.
 * First African American to publish a book.
 * Wrote books,plays,and poems.
 * Her owners finally realized that Phillis was extremely intelligent so they encouraged her to sudy,wich very few salves were allowed to do.

__Extra Facts Of Phillis Wheatley__ She was born in Gambia, West Africa in 1753 She was kidnapped at seven years old and shipped to Boston and sold to John and Susanna Wheatley. She died in December,1784 at Massachusetts as a result of childbirth.