1. The First African American Women
Phillis Wheatley was a slave child of seven or eight and sold to John and Susanna Wheatley in Boston on July 11, 1761. ... Lewis changed her name to Mary Edmonia while studying at Oberlin College. At the school, Lewis was accused of theft and of trying to poison two classmates. ... Lewis was last reported living in Rome in 1911. Next, we have "Rebecca J. ...
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