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Profile Information
Name: Phillis Wheatley Hometown: Africa Date of Birth: May 8th, 1753 Job Title: Slave for the Wheatleys Education: She learned to read and she also studied astronomy, and geography when she was eight. When she was fourteen she started to write poetry.

Friends
Friend #1 Mary Wheatley

Friend #2 Susanna Wheatley

Friend #3 Obour Tanner

Friend #4 John Peters

Friend #5 John Wheatley

About Me
My name is Phillis Wheatley. I came from Africa. I was taken from my mother when I was seven years old. When I was on the ship I got very sick. It was very scary. When I got to America, I was bought by John Wheatley, to help out Susanna, his husband. Susanna gave me the name, Phillis. My work got harder and harder after I arrived. Susanna’s daughter, Mary, tutored me how to read and write. But this is just the beginning of how I became, Phillis Wheatley.

Today is one of the saddest days of my life, Susanna died. It was very sad for the the whole family. John Wheatley set me free because I was working for her. I was still being tutored by Mary. I was around fourteen when I started to write poetry. My poetry was about my life.

This was also hard, there was going to be a war in the colonies. I was still writing poetry about my life and how I got to who I am now. I wrote many more, until someone wanted to make a book about all my poems that I had ever wrote. This was amazing, my stories were out to the world, in a little bit.

Wall Posts

 * Wall Post #1: I was born in Africa, 1753.


 * Wall Post #2: I was taken from my home, and on a ship in, 1761


 * Wall Post #3: I started to write poetry in, 1761.


 * Wall Post #4: Susanna Wheatley died March 3rd, 1774.