On this day in 1767: Phillis Wheatley&rsquo;s first published poem appeared in print.

Phillis Wheatley, a 13-year-old enslaved African girl, had the first of her poems published on December 21, 1767. &nbsp;&amp;#8221;On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin&amp;#8221; was printed in the Rhode Island&nbsp;Newport Mercury.
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