Phillis Philly Research Paper
Phillis Wheatly was born in 1753. At the young age of 8, Phillis was kidnapped and brought overseas on a slave ship to Boston. John Wheatly then purchased Phillis as a servant for his wife. Phillis was taken under the wing on Susanna, John’s wife.
Phillis’s intelligence was hard not to recognize. Susanna and her two children taught Phillis to read and write. At this time it was discouraged for blacks to know how to read and write, so Phillis had a pretty good life to be able to do not one but both of those things.
When Phillis was 13, she published her first poem which was about two men who nearly drowned at sea. Wheatly most likely got her inspiration and purpose for this poem from the slave ship and memories from that time. In 1773, Phillis
Phillis’s intelligence was hard not to recognize. Susanna and her two children taught Phillis to read and write. At this time it was discouraged for blacks to know how to read and write, so Phillis had a pretty good life to be able to do not one but both of those things.
When Phillis was 13, she published her first poem which was about two men who nearly drowned at sea. Wheatly most likely got her inspiration and purpose for this poem from the slave ship and memories from that time. In 1773, Phillis