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菲莉斯‧惠特利 (Phyllis
Wheatley) ：第一位出版專書的非裔美人
1773年9月1日
就在她回家不久之後，惠特利得到了自由。做為一個自由的女性，她寫了一封反對奴隸制度的信與一首詩給曾經碰過面的喬治‧華盛頓。華盛頓在給惠特利的回信中感謝她的來信，並且讚揚惠特利有「偉大的詩文天賦」。
菲莉斯‧惠特利在1778年嫁給同是自由黑人的約翰‧彼得斯 (John
Peters) ，並且出版了另外三篇詩作。然而，她的丈夫在生意上並不成功。惠特利後來只能去幫傭。在惠特利去世的時候，她是非常的窮困。不過，雖然她死於貧窮，但是她死去時是一個自由的女性。
Soon after she returned home, Wheatley was given her freedom. As a free woman, she published both an antislavery letter and a poem to George Washington, whom she had met. Washington wrote to Wheatley, thanking her and praising her "great poetical Talents."
Phyllis Wheatley married John Peters, a free black man, in 1778 and published three more poems. Her husband, however, was not as successful in business. Wheatley became a servant later on in her life, and when she died, she was very poor. Although she died poor, she died a free woman.
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