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African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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Ethnic and cultural group in the United States
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group who as defined by the United States census, consists of Americans who have ancestry from "any of the Black populations of Africa". African Americans…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Phillis Wheatley
African-born American poet (1753–1784)
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly, was an American writer who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)