Phillis wheatley
[hweet-lee, weet-] /ˈʰwit li, ˈwit-/
noun
1.
Phillis
[fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
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