Tarihin Unutulmaz Kadınlarından: Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley, 1753 yılında Senegal’de doğdu. Daha çocukken, ailesinden koparılarak köleleştirildi ve bir gemiyle Amerika’ya getirildi. Geminin adı “Phillis”ti… Ona bu adı verdiler. Boston’da kendisini satın alan ailenin soyadı ise “Wheatley”di. Böylece tarihe geçen adı oluştu: Phillis Wheatley. Küçük yaşta İngilizce öğrenmeye başladı. Sadece birkaç yıl içinde, klasik edebiyatı, İncil’i ve şiiri o kadar iyi öğrendi ki, 13 yaşında kendi şiirler

She was named Phillis, because that was the name of the ship that took her away, and Wheatley, after the merchant who bought her. She was born in Senegal. In Boston, slave traders put her up for sale: "She is seven years old! She will make a good mare!" She was groped, n@ked, by many hands. At thirteen, she was already writing poetry in a language that was not her own. No one believed that she was the author. At twenty, Phillis was questioned by a tribunal of eighteen distinguished gentlemen in