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Phillis Wheatley was already one of the most celebrated poets in the American colonies, but she had spent most of her life enslaved. That all changed on October 18, 1772, when she became a free woman. Born in West Africa around 1753, Wheatley was kidnapped as a child and transported to Boston in 1761. At approximately seven or eight years old, she was purchased by the Wheatley family, who named her Phillis after the slave ship that had brought her to America. Unlike most enslaved children, Wheatley received an education. The Wheatley family taught her to read and write, and she studied English literature, Latin, and classical history. She began writing poetry while still a child, demonstrating a literary ability that eventually attracted attention far beyond Boston. In 1770, Wheatley gained wider recognition for her elegy commemorating George Whitefield, a prominent evangelical preacher. Her poetry circulated in both the American colonies and Britain, challenging prevailing assumptions about the intellectual abilities of people of African descent. In 1773, Wheatley travelled to London with Nathaniel Wheatley, the son of her enslavers. Her purpose was to help secure the publication of her first collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Published in London that September, the book made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Her literary success brought her into contact with influential British admirers. Some were interested in her work partly because it challenged racist arguments used to justify slavery. Nevertheless, her growing reputation did not automatically guarantee her freedom. Later in 1773, John Wheatley granted Phillis her freedom. In a letter to Colonel David Wooster dated October 18, 1773, she explained that her master had emancipated her at the request of her friends in England. This firsthand account provides important evidence about the circumstances surrounding her emancipation, although the precise details of the discussions that led to it remain unclear. Freedom also meant that Wheatley could claim the income she earned from her writing. In the same letter, she discussed receiving money from the sale of her poetry. Her emancipation therefore represented not only a change in her legal status but also an important step towards financial independence. However, freedom did not bring lasting prosperity. Following the deaths of Susanna Wheatley in 1774 and John Wheatley in 1778, Phillis faced increasing financial difficulties. She married John Peters, a free Black man, in 1778, but the couple struggled to establish financial security amid the economic hardships of the Revolutionary era. John was imprisoned for debt in 1784. With a sickly infant son to provide for, Phillis became a scullery maid at a boarding house, doing work she had never done before; she developed pneumonia and died on December 5, 1784, at 31, after giving birth to a daughter, who died the same day as her. A woman who had been kidnapped as a child and enslaved in a society that denied Black people equal rights had established herself as an internationally recognized poet. Follow the page for more daily history! #PhillisWheatley #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #LiteraryHistory #OnThisDay
Phillis Wheatley was already one of the most celebrated poets in the American colonies, but she had spent most of her life enslaved. That all changed on October 18, 1772, when she became a free woman. Born in West Africa around 1753, Wheatley was kidnapped as a child and transported to Boston in 1761. At approximately seven or eight years old, she was purchased by the Wheatley family, who named her Phillis after the slave ship that had brought her to America. Unlike most enslaved children, Wheatley received an education. The Wheatley family taught her to read and write, and she studied English literature, Latin, and classical history. She began writing poetry while still a child, demonstrating a literary ability that eventually attracted attention far beyond Boston. In 1770, Wheatley gained wider recognition for her elegy commemorating George Whitefield, a prominent evangelical preacher. Her poetry circulated in both the American colonies and Britain, challenging prevailing assumptions about the intellectual abilities of people of African descent. In 1773, Wheatley travelled to London with Nathaniel Wheatley, the son of her enslavers. Her purpose was to help secure the publication of her first collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Published in London that September, the book made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Her literary success brought her into contact with influential British admirers. Some were interested in her work partly because it challenged racist arguments used to justify slavery. Nevertheless, her growing reputation did not automatically guarantee her freedom. Later in 1773, John Wheatley granted Phillis her freedom. In a letter to Colonel David Wooster dated October 18, 1773, she explained that her master had emancipated her at the request of her friends in England. This firsthand account provides important evidence about the circumstances surrounding her emancipation, although the precise details of the discussions that led to it remain unclear. Freedom also meant that Wheatley could claim the income she earned from her writing. In the same letter, she discussed receiving money from the sale of her poetry. Her emancipation therefore represented not only a change in her legal status but also an important step towards financial independence. However, freedom did not bring lasting prosperity. Following the deaths of Susanna Wheatley in 1774 and John Wheatley in 1778, Phillis faced increasing financial difficulties. She married John Peters, a free Black man, in 1778, but the couple struggled to establish financial security amid the economic hardships of the Revolutionary era. John was imprisoned for debt in 1784. With a sickly infant son to provide for, Phillis became a scullery maid at a boarding house, doing work she had never done before; she developed pneumonia and died on December 5, 1784, at 31, after giving birth to a daughter, who died the same day as her. A woman who had been kidnapped as a child and enslaved in a society that denied Black people equal rights had established herself as an internationally recognized poet. Follow the page for more daily history! #PhillisWheatley #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #LiteraryHistory #OnThisDay

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