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Phillis Wheatley

The first published African-American female poet (Wikipedia).

first African-American poet (1753–1784)

Born	c. 1753
Died	5 December 1784

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Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

by Phillis Wheatley, John Wheatley, and Huntingdon, Selina Hastings Countess of.
First published in 1773
26 editions, 3 ebooks

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Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave: also, Poems by a slave

by Phillis Wheatley and Margaretta Matilda Odell
First published in 1834
22 editions, 4 ebooks

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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

by Phillis Wheatley
First published in 1996
21 editions, 2 ebooks

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The United States in Literature

by James Edwin Miller, Carlota Cárdenas de Dwyer, Kerry M. Wood, John Smith, William Bradford, Sarah Kemble Knight, William Byrd II, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and 190 others
First published in 1952
12 editions, 10 ebooks

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Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

by Kate Kinsella, Abigail Adams Smith, Edward Albee, Amos Bronson Alcott, Julia Alvarez, A. R. Ammons, Sherwood Anderson, W. H. Auden, James Baldwin, and 158 others
First published in 1999
9 editions, 5 ebooks

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Poems of Phillis Wheatley: With Letters and a Memoir

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 2010
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The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949

by Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Lucy Terry, Jupiter Hammon, Phillis Wheatley, George Moses Horton, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Armand Lanusse, Pierre Dalcour, and 134 others
First published in 1949
8 editions, 3 ebooks

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The poems of Phillis Wheatley, as they were originally published in London, 1773

by Phillis Wheatley
First published in 1909
5 editions, 2 ebooks

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Life and works of Phillis Wheatley: containing her complete poetical works, numerous letters, and a complete biography of this famous poet of a century and a half ago

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 1916
5 editions, 1 ebook

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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

by Nance Davidson, Edward Abbey, Abigail Adams, Sherwood Anderson, W. H. Auden, James Baldwin, Donald Barthelme, Ann Beattie, Ambrose Bierce, and 119 others
First published in 1989
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An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned George Whitefield: Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. &c. : Who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770, when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Boston, New-England. : In which is a condolatory address to his truly noble benefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon;-- and the orphan-children in Georgia, who, with many thousands are left, by the death of this great man, to lament the loss of a father, friend, and benefactor.

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 1770
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Women Who Wrote: Stories and Poems from Audacious Literary Mavens

by Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Gertrude Stein, Phillis Wheatley, Jude Mason, Chloe Dolandis, and 1 other First published in 2020
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An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the late Reverend, and pious George Whitefield: ... who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770 ... at Newbury-Port, near Boston, in New-England. ...

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 1770
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An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the late Reverend, and pious George Whitefield

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 1770
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 2018
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Phillis Wheatley: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral and a Memoir of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave

by Phillis Wheatley and B.B. Thatcher First published in 2020
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To Mrs. Leonard, on the death of her husband.

by Phillis Wheatley and Thankfull Leonard First published in 1771
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To the Hon'ble Thomas Hubbard, Esq; on the death of Mrs. Thankfull Leonard.

by Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Hubbard First published in 1773
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To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady

by Phillis Wheatley and Timothy Pitkin First published in 1772
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An elegy, to Miss. Mary Moorhead, on the death of her father, the Rev. Mr. John Moorhead.

by Phillis Wheatley First published in 1773
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first African-American poet (1753–1784)

Born	c. 1753
Died	5 December 1784

ID Numbers

OLID: OL588695A
BookBrainz: a9b53412-27f6-4549-9228-dae083744603
GoodReads: 159918
ISNI: 0000000121244897
Library of Congress Names: n50016726
LibraryThing: wheatleyphillis
LibriVox: 333
MusicBrainz: 37e5bb92-ed05-43c2-a02b-e415c9e4f352
Project Gutenberg: 227
VIAF: 24620908
Wikidata: Q257911
Inventaire.io: wd:Q257911

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