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jul 11, 1761 - 1761: Phillis Wheatley captured and transported to America

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Phillis Wheatley is captured and transported to America in the slave ship Phillis. She arrived in America on July 11 and was sold to John Wheatley from Boston, Massachusetts to work as a maid for his wife, Susanna.She was named Phillis, for the ship that brought her to America.

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jul 11, 1761
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~ 264 years ago