1753-1784

A profile focusing on Phillis Wheatley's early years reveals her illiterate beginnings in the Wheatley family and the turbulent pre-Revolutionary War climate in which she became an avid student and young poet.

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown throughout the colonies as an important black American poet.

Biography of Phillis Wheatley, a slave girl owned by John Wheatley who was educated and became the first African-American poet in the colonies.

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown throughout the colonies as an important African-American poet.

A biography of the former slave, Phillis Wheatley, who became known as a poet and social commentator.

Surveys the life of Phillis Wheatley, a girl brought to America as a slave in 1761 who gained brief fame as a poet after being taught to read and write by her master. Presented in English and Spanish.

A biographical sketch of African American poet Phillis Wheatley. In support of the Common Core Learning Standards. (CCLS).

George Washington, worried that his troops are not a match for the mighty British army, is inspired by a poem written to him by Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, who knew what it was like to long for freedom.

Explores the roles of Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson in shaping African-American literary tradition, discussing how Phillis gained acceptance and freedom by being the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language in 1773. Discusses the effects of Jefferson's harsh criticism of the poet and her race.

A brief look at the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, who is bought as a slave by a wealthy Boston family, is taught to read and write, and becomes colonial America's first African-American poet.