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Phillis Wheatley - Childhood of a Poet
By Jane Runyon |
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1 As far as anyone can tell, Phillis Wheatley was born in 1754. No one is quite sure of the exact date. There are no birth records that anyone can check. You see, Phillis was kidnapped from her home in Africa. She didn't remember much about her early life. She thought she must have been around seven years of age when she was put on a slave ship headed to America.