IntroductionThe illustration Phillis Wheatley portrays in the story is an African-American woman who wrote poetry. His life, however, goes deeper than what we perceive. Phillis Wheatley uses her poetry as a unique way to bring out the truth. Through poems such as On Being Brought From Africa to America and the poem about Lee, he made statements about what was happening at the time; a revolution. Phillis Wheatley was known as a revolutionary mother, because she gave hope to slaves, comfort to whites, and influenced America. She wasn't known for conflict or trying to start an argument, but was more known for personalizing her thoughts on a piece of paper, read by all of America. His ideas were used as an influence during the Revolutionary War. Phillis Wheatley was not a normal slave, but she was accepted into society by the majority. The family that raised her taught her to read and write, and she slowly transformed into a revolutionary woman. Biography and AchievementsPhillis Wheatley was born around 1753, in Gambia, Africa. She was kidnapped when she was seven or eight years old, in 1761, and taken to America. John Wheatley bought it on the Boston Pier for his wife Savanna, who needed a young maid. The Wheatleys gave her the name Phillis and also let their eighteen-year-old daughter teach her the English language. Their daughter, Mary, realized very early that Phillis was a fun impersonator and could learn to read very quickly. Phillis was given Bible lessons, which must have been quite difficult, but Phillis learned so quickly that the family didn't know what to do with them. Only after a few months, this girl had already learned so much and even found herself knowing...... half of the document ......h the Matthew Newkirk Memorial Fund]http://womenshistory.about. com/library/bio/blbio_phillis_wheatley.htm[Jone Johnson Lewis]Engle, Paul: Women in the American Revolution; 1976: Follett Publishing Company, Chicago Berkin, Carol: Revolutionary Mothers; 2005: Alfred A. Knoff, New YorkAppendixOn being brought from AFRICA to AMERICAPhyllis Wheatley'It was mercy that brought me from my pagan land,Teaching my darkened soul to understandThat there is a God, that there is also a Salvatore:Once I didn't seek redemption or know it. Some look upon our black race with a scornful eye: "Their color is an evil die." Remember, Christians, Negroes, black like Cain, can be refined and join the angelic train. index.asp?documentprint=620]