professor, spoke on behalf of the African American poet, Phillis Wheatley, about her trials and the racial bias she had to endure her whole life which continued even after her death. These trials created an essential question: Should the reading of literature be free of racial bias? On July 11 of 1761, Phillis came to Boston from her mother land. Bought by slave owner John Wheatley and was taught how to read and write from his daughter Mary. “Phillis spoke no English, and Mary apparently with her mother’s
Phillis Wheatley In 1761, John Wheatley, as a personal servant to his wife Susannah, purchased Phillis Wheatley as a slave at the age of 8. Phillis was the named after the ship that brought her over to America as her last name is adopted from the family. The Wheatley’s educated Phillis, teaching her English, Theology, Greek, Latin, and soon she began writing poetry. Her first published poem was at the age of 12. Phillis Wheatley life was abnormal, for during her time, African Americans were discouraged
Phillis Wheatley was an African slave who was brought over to America during the 1700’s. She lived with the Wheatley family, who taught her something that most slaves did not know how to do and that was to read and write. Because of this, Wheatley was able to write several poems, which in some way encompass her life as a slave. Through her poems, it is hard to get a good idea on where she stands on slavery, but as you read closer in, it is easier to understand. She tends to cover up her views of