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Phillis Wheatley’s Journey

Seven-year-old Phillis Wheatley of Gambia, an area on the Western coast of Africa near Senegal, was one of the slaves traded in exchange for “2,640 gallons of rum and other goods.”

Seven-year-old Phillis Wheatley of Gambia, an area on the Western coast of Africa near Senegal, was one of the slaves traded in exchange for “2,640 gallons of rum and other goods.”

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