Phillis Wheatley was the first African American female writer to be published in the United States. Her book "Poems on Various Subjects" was published in 1773, two years before the American Revolutionary War began, and is seen as one of the first examples of African American literature. Wikipedia
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Come you, Phillis, now aspire, And seek the living God, So step by step thou mayst go higher, Till perfect in the word. www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/hammon_poem.html
...Phillis Wheatley Poems Ocean Letter and Poem to General Washington Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (image) On Virtue On the Rev. Mr... . www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/er...
Phillis Wheatley, given the name of the slave ship which brought her to America along with the surname of white owners, was the first black individual, the first slave and the third woman to publish a book of poetry. bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/688713/an/0...
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley - A book by Margaretta Matilda Odell, published in 1834. dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/American/Early/...