a magical day in the life of

***Phillis Wheatley***

photo by Clarity

Phillis Wheatley... 1753-1784....was a poet...and the first African-American to publish poetry.... born into slavery and taken from her parents at an early age.... she was raised a Christian and offered an exceptional education by the family that owned her..... she received her freedom on the death of her owner in 1778 and later married a Bostonian.... they had three children that didn't survive infancy..... poor girl died in poverty at the age of 31...

`TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,

Taught my benighted soul to understand

That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:

Once I redemption neither sought nor knew,

Some view our sable race with scornful eye,

"Their colour is a diabolic die."

Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,

May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.´

Phillis Wheatley

will have to read some of her work and if you would like to know more here's the link....toodleooooooo.........for more info http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/wheatley/wheatley.html