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Phillis was born in Gambia.
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Phillis was bought by John and Susanna Wheatley, and was only 8 and in fragile health.
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The first poem she had published was, 'An Address to the Athiest and An Address to the Deist.'
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Phillis wrote this poem to praise the king's descion to repeal the "Stamp Act."
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The book of verse was, 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religous and Moral.'
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Phillis was the first US slave to a book of poems, along with being the third American woman as well.
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John Peters was a free african american from Boston who worked as a grocer.
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The pamphlet was called 'Liberty and Peace.' It was written by her after the sucessful Revolutionary War.
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Phillis died at the young age of 31, becuase of complications during childbirth.
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