No, Phillis Wheatley does not "take the honors for 'America's' first black
poet.

See, among other works,

        _Early Negro writing, 1760-1837._ Selected and introduced by Dorothy
        Porter.  Boston, Beacon Press, 1971.



Professor T. J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D.
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, bill lindsay wrote:

> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:01:06 -0500
> From: bill lindsay <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Slavery in New York--Primary Sources
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> Does not Phyllis Wheatley take the honors for "America's first black
> poet?"
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>
> All the best,
>
> Bill
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