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Wheatley

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Wheat·ley  (hwtl, wt-), Phillis 1753?-1784.
African-born American poet considered the first widely recognized Black writer in America. Her works include Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).
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Noun1.WheatleyWheatley - American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)
Phillis Wheatley


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He is a native of Kentucky, and of game descent; his maternal grandfather, Colonel Wheatley, a companion of Boon, having been one of the pioneers of the West, celebrated in Indian warfare, and killed in one of the contests of the "Bloody Ground.
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