Phillis wheatley poem analysis

In Phillis Wheatley published her first and what was to be her only book of poetry.

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After failing to find a publisher in the colonies, Selina Hastings, the countess of Huntingdon, made its publication possible. She secured Archibald Bell of London as the printer. See Biography for more. She was taught by the family and her own curiosity led her to write.

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He also stated that she was a precocious reader as eighteen months after her arrival to America she was fluently reading difficult passages of the Bible. John Wheatley also confirmed that Phillis was inclined to learn the Latin tongue, in which she had made some progress. Charles Chauncey, Rev. Matthew Byles, Rev. Edward Pemberton, Rev. Andrew Elliot, Rev.

Samuel Cooper, Rev. Samuel Mather, Rev. John Moorhead and John Wheatley her master. Scipio was a servant slave of Rev. John Moorhead. The portrait shows Phillis wearing a colonial American dress sitting at her desk and writing with quill pen.