Phyllis Wheatley (1753 - 1784)

Short name Phyllis Wheatley
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First name Phyllis
Birth name Wheatley
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Date of birth 1753
Date of death 1784
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Sex Female
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Lived in United States
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Phyllis Wheatley was ...
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Place(s) of Residence United States
Receptions of Phyllis Wheatley, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
The female advocate Mary Scott Taylor 1774 mentions person
GTwee minbekende Amerikaansche dichteressen. Art. in De Tijd Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1852 comments on person
*Lemma in Homespun heroines and other women of distinction Hallie Quinn Brown 1926 comments on person
Mentioned in: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "The publication of Poems on various subjects, religious and moral (1773) made her the first published African-American poet". - Davis/West, Women Writers in the United States, 1996 - Brown, Hallie Quinn: Homespun heroines and other women of distinction, 1926
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