THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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Phillis Wheatley
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Anne Bradstreet
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Benjamin Franklin
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Jonathan Edwards
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Detailed explanation-1: -She also studied astronomy and geography. At age fourteen, Wheatley began to write poetry, publishing her first poem in 1767. Publication of “An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine George Whitefield” in 1770 brought her great notoriety.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wheatley’s first published poem, “On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin, ” was published in Rhode Island’s Newport Mercury newspaper on December 21, 1767.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wheatley was seized from Senegal/Gambia, West Africa, when she was about seven years old.