In 1761, Phillis Wheatly a young West-African girl was caught and brought to America on a slave ship.
There Susanna Wheatly, wife of prominent Boston businessman, John Wheatly bought her at an auction to serve as a lady's maid.
The girl would rise from her humble beginings to become the first African-American girl. One with a penchant for Ancient Greece.
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