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SHE WAS BROUGHT IN A SHIP CALLED THE "PHYLLIS"

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Phillis Wheatley was brought to America from West Africa as a slave when she was around seven years old. She was purchased by the Wheatley family in Boston who taught her how to read and write, allowing her to eventually become the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.

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