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In 1773, as a Boston slave, she became the first African-American to publish a work.
Phyllis Wheatley was born in Gambia, Senegal and was forced into slavery at the age of seven. Her book of poetry is titled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral and focuses on her upbringing and on religion.

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