{"id":29756,"date":"2026-06-18T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/?p=29756"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:49:18","slug":"phillis-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/phillis-wheatley\/","title":{"rendered":"American Hero: Phillis Wheatley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#cc1334;font-size:50px\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PHILLIS WHEATLEY: POET &amp; PATRIOT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#cc1334\"><strong><strong>PROGRAM TOOLKIT FOR AMERICAN SPACES<\/strong><\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#003667\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/programming\/american-heroes\/\">An American Hero<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This toolkit is designed for programming at American Spaces to highlight Phillis Wheatley\u2019s contributions to literature, history, and early American identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/Wheatley-Engraving.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29752\" style=\"width:322px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/Wheatley-Engraving.png 387w, https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/Wheatley-Engraving-256x350.png 256w, https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/Wheatley-Engraving-200x274.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/cph.3g05316\/\">Library of Congress<br><\/a>An engraving of Phillis Wheatley seated at a desk with a quill and paper, looking upward for inspiration.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#efefef;flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:96%\">\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003667;font-size:24px\"><strong>RESOURCES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003667;font-size:23px\"><strong><strong><em>Biographical overviews <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/people\/phillis-wheatley.htm\"><strong>National Park Service<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Concise biography covering her enslavement, education, poetic career, emancipation, marriage, poverty, and death, with context on her significance as one of the first African American writers in the U.S. to publish a book of poems.\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/today-in-history\/september-01\"><strong>Library of Congress<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>\u2013 Focuses on the 1773 publication of&nbsp;<em>Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral <\/em>and links to related LOC exhibitions and collections.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003667;font-size:23px\"><strong><strong><em>Library of Congress collections and exhibitions<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/video-10782\/\"><strong>Phillis Wheatley<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a six-minute downloadable video about the poet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/exhibits\/treasures\/tr33b.html\"><strong>American Treasures of the Library of Congress \u2013 A Voice of Her Own<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Exhibition entry describing Wheatley as an \u201cextraordinary poetical genius,\u201d with links to digitized images from&nbsp;<em>Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral<\/em>&nbsp;in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#003667;font-size:23px\"><strong><strong><em>National Archives and Founders Online (Washington correspondence)<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Washington\/03-02-02-0222-0002\"><strong>Enclosure: Poem by Phillis Wheatley, 26 October 1775<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>|<\/strong><strong> Founders Online, National Archives&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Annotated document showing the poem as it appeared in the&nbsp;<em>Pennsylvania Magazine<\/em>&nbsp;and summarizing her life (kidnapping in Africa, arrival in Boston, education, publication of her 1773 volume, and her meeting with George Washington).\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Washington\/03-03-02-0281\"><strong>George Washington to Phillis Wheatley, 28 February 1776<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>|<\/strong><strong> Founders Online, National Archives<\/strong> \u2013 George Washington\u2019s letter praising her \u201cgreat poetical Talents,\u201d with editorial notes on how her poem went into print.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:96%\">\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#cc1334;font-size:28px\"><strong><strong><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753\u20131784) challenged the world\u2019s perception of intellect in the 18th century. Born in the Senegambia, a region of West Africa, Phillis was enslaved and brought to Boston as a child. She mastered the English language and published a groundbreaking volume of poetry that garnered acclaim in America and England. In 1773, she traveled to London to publish her book, <em>Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral<\/em>, becoming an international celebrity. She was manumitted (freed) shortly after her book\u2019s publication but died in poverty at a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#cc3333;font-size:24px\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Video<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/phillis-wheatley\/\"><strong>Phillis Wheatley | The White House<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(2 minutes) \u2013 Created with American artificial intelligence tools, this video brings Wheatley\u2019s portrait to life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container bottom-space\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let My People Go!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oR8qJ7a-4Wo?list=PLugwVCjzrJsU9J5zyaRcytyYox-5QlVtD\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Let My People Go!\u00a0|\u00a0National Archives<\/strong> (12 minutes) \u2013 Portrays two enslaved people, Phillis Wheatley and a man named Felix, who imagine independence for people of color. Part two of a four-part video series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLugwVCjzrJsU9J5zyaRcytyYox-5QlVtD\">The Road to the Declaration of Independence: The Early 1770s\u2014The Flame of Independence is Kindled<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container bottom-space\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USPS Honor Phillis Wheatley, First Published African American Poet, With Black Heritage Stamp\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2TcuPhedHJc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>United States Postal Service Honor Phillis Wheatley, First Published African American Poet, with Black Heritage Stamp\u00a0|\u00a0Boston Neighborhood Network Media<\/strong> (3 minutes) \u2013 Announces the postal stamp created by USPS to honor Wheatley. Shows the Boston church that Wheatley regularly attended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#cc3333;font-size:24px\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DISCUSSION QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Why did Phillis Wheatley have to undergo an examination by 18 men to get her book published? What does this tell us about the society she lived in?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did Wheatley\u2019s West African heritage influence her writing style?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wheatley wrote about freedom for America while being enslaved herself. How do you think she reconciled these two realities in her writing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a43d74bf0cd09977e9168b2a38cb584\" style=\"color:#003667\"><strong><em>OverDrive (Libby) Resources&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider organizing discussions, English conversation clubs, scavenger hunts, and displays about the following books and magazines. These programs and displays can also be an opportunity to promote individual eLibraryUSA accounts. Regularly highlighting one book or magazine on your social media platforms can generate online discussion and spark interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/elibraryusa.state.gov\">eLibraryUSA<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/americanspaces.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/Wheatley-Biography.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29754\" style=\"width:172px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libbyapp.com\/search\/amspaces\/search\/scope-auto\/query-phillis%20wheatley\/page-1\/305949\">The Trials of Phillis Wheatley | OverDrive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brief biography of Wheatley explains how major Americans at the time \u2013 such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin \u2013 viewed her groundbreaking work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a1d691f437d1cd2a1ccae73d1bd1eef\" style=\"color:#cc3333\">DISCLAIMER<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The views expressed in these links and resources do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>* Post may need to procure these films. Not all films are appropriate for all audiences. Coordinators should preview films before showing them. American Spaces have the right to screen Kanopy films (available through <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/elibraryusa.state.gov\/index.html\"><em>eLibraryUSA<\/em><\/a><em>) at their American Space if the film has public performance rights. 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Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/cph.3g05316\/\">Library of Congress<\/a> An engraving of Phillis Wheatley seated at a desk with a quill and paper, looking upward for inspiration. 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