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September 1773
Phillis Wheatley Publishes Poems
Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in America.
May 8, 1773
Phillis Wheatley Published
Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in America.
December 5, 1784
Phillis Wheatley Dies
Poet Phillis Wheatley, the first African American to publish a book of poetry, died in Boston at approximately age 31.
March 8, 1761
Phillis Wheatley Arrives in Boston
A young girl from West Africa, later named Phillis Wheatley, arrived in Boston on a slave ship.
March 5, 1776
Phyllis Wheatley Meets George Washington
Phillis Wheatley visited General George Washington at his Cambridge headquarters after writing a poem in his honor.