Amazing stuff!
She was an emancipated slave, but she died at age 31 in 1784!
She corresponded with George Washington and he responded to her!
"She was enslaved by the Wheatley family of Boston. After she learned to read and write, they encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent." (Source)
I have previously blogged several times about slavery in the U.S: e.g. here about manumission; here about a black slave owner
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