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In 1761, a young African girl was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston. They named her Phillis. But Phillis was no ordinary young girl. She had an intense desire to learn. Phillis became a poet, and had a book of verse published, establishing herself as the first black woman poet America had ever known.Lasky, Kathryn is the author of 'Voice of Her Own The Story of Phillis Wheatly, Slave Poet', published 2003 under ISBN 9780763602529 and ISBN 0763602523.
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