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Phillis Wheatley
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kidnapped
kidnappped by slave traders -
published first major work
a poem in memory of evangelist George Whitefield -
Phillis writes a letter against slavery
writes a letter against slavery that is reprinted in newspapers all over New England Susannah Wheatly dies -
writes ''Reply''
she writes ''Reply'' the first known literary work -
meets george Washington
meets with george washington at his headquarters in Massachusetts -
John Weatly dies
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writes her last poem
''Liberty and Piece'' celebrating the end of American Revolution -
Phillis Wheatly dies
Phillis Wheatly dies penniless in a Boston boardinghouse
