- Phillis Wheatley
- (1753-1784) black American slave and first major black writer in the United States
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Phillis Wheatley
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Phillis Wheatley — (1753 – December 5, 1784) was the first published African American poet whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature. [ The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America s First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding… … Wikipedia
Phillis Wheatley — Phillis Wheatley. Frontispiz der Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, London 1773. Phillis Wheatley (* um 1753 vermutlich in der Region Senegambia, Westafrika; † 5. Dezember 1784 in Boston) war die erste afroamerikanische Dichterin,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Phillis Wheatley — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Retrato de Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley (1753 – 5 de diciembre de 1784), fue la primera escritora afroamericana en publicar un libro en los Estados Unidos. Su obra Poems on Various Subjects … Wikipedia Español
Phillis Wheatley — Phillis ou Phyllis Wheatley, née le 5 décembre 1753 et décédée en 1784, est la première poétesse noire américaine de renom. Son livre Poems on Various Subjects fut publié en 1773, trois ans avant le début de la Révolution américaine … Wikipédia en Français
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, New Orleans — The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School is an innovative monument of modern architecture in the city of New Orleans. The school was designed by the architect Charles R. Colbert in 1954. The cantilevered steel truss structure allows for a covered… … Wikipedia
Phillis Wheatley — noun American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753 1784) • Syn: ↑Wheatley • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet … Useful english dictionary
Wheatley High School (Houston) — Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. Wheatley, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.… … Wikipedia
Phillis — may refer to:* Operation Phillis, the British service assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d Ivoire in November 2004 * Phillis Wheatley (1753 1784), first published African American poetPeople with the surname Phillis:*… … Wikipedia
Wheatley — ist Ortsname von Wheatley (Arkansas), USA Wheatley (Ontario), Kanada Wheatley (Oxfordshire), Großbritannien Personen Dennis Wheatley (1897 1977), britischer Schriftsteller Peter Wheatley (* 1947), anglikanischer Bischof in London Phillis Wheatley … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wheatley, Phillis — (c. 1753 1784) first published African American woman poet Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa, probably in what is now Gambia, and after being enslaved was transported to Boston, Massachusetts, and purchased in 1761 as a servant by… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
