Who was Phillis Wheatley?
A) a poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom
B) a fund-raiser for the Ladies' Association, whose efforts fed starving men at Valley Forge
C) a pamphleteer whose ringing protests reminded Bostonians that women, too, cared about liberty
D) a woman who, disguised as a man, died while fighting during the Yorktown campaign
E) a slave who helped dozens of other slaves escape to freedom behind British lines

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Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Her work often discussed themes of freedom and liberty, reflecting on her own experiences as an enslaved African in America and the broader condition of African-Americans.

Who Was Phillis Wheatley