Born: c. 1753
Senegal
Poet
Popular poems by Phillis Wheatley
To The Rt. Hon. William, Earl Of Dartmouth
To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In A Hurrican In North-Carolina
His Excellency General Washington
To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health
To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor, On The Death Of His Lady Marc 24, 1773
To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health
To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On The Death Of His Daughter
To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which That Duty Is Recommended And Assisted
To A Gentleman And Lady On The Death Of The Lady’s Brother And Sister, And A Child Of The Name Of Avis, Aged One Year
To Captain H-D, Of The 65th Regiment
Phillis Wheatley death: December 5, 1784; Boston, Massachusetts