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Wheat⋅ley

[hweet-lee, weet-]
–noun
Phil⋅lis [fil-is] , 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
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Wheat·ley   (hwēt'lē, wēt'-)   
African-born American poet considered the first widely recognized Black writer in America. Her works include Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).
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