# Phillis Wheatley

One of America’s first great poets to achieve international acclaim, Phillis Wheatley wrote about key events and figures of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre and General George Washington. She was also an enslaved woman who had to prove her abilities time and time again.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: Hastings, Patrick
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10782/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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