"Selected Poetry of Phillis Wheatley" E-texts of On Being Brought from Africa to America, On Virtue, and To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady's Brother and Sister. Take a look at "Notes on Life and Works."
Ocean "This poem, entitled "Ocean," was rediscovered by Mark Mitchell after 226 years and published in the "Washington Post," February 11, 1999, page Va. 3." Read all about it here.
"Phillis Wheatley: Precursor of American Abolitionism" "Born in 1753 in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold at a slave auction at age seven to a prosperous Boston family who educated her and treated her as a family member."
