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Phillis Wheatley's existence was dangerous to an idea the U.S. was founded on.
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1:32Now PlayingPhillis Wheatley was the first black poet in what is now the United States to be published. And she did it while she was enslaved. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube
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