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Phillis Wheatley was born on May 8, 1753, she was born in West Africa.
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Phillis Wheatley was kinapped from West Africa in 1761 and was brought to Boston on a slave ship.
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Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in 1767 and printed it at Newport Mercury.
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Phillis Wheatley advertises regularly for subscribers in Boston newspapers.
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Phillis Wheatley publishes her book of poetry in the colonies and became the first African American and one of the first women to do so.
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Phillis Wheatley sent one of her works to the future president and earned a visit.
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Phillis Wheatley accepts an invitation from Washington to visit him at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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John Wheatley dies (d.1778).
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Phillis Wheatley marries a free African American, John Peters, and they have 3 children, however all die in infancy.
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Phillis Wheatley dies on December 5, 1784 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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