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HILLIS WHEATLEY was a woman whose greatness of soul the whole world admired. Her generosity was such that it evaded demands and saved the receivers the confusion of requests. In referring to Webster's unabridged biographical names, we find that she was born in Africa, 1753. Professor William T. Alexander, in his History of the Colored Race in America, in paying tribute to Phillis Wheatley and the colored race, beautifully says: “There is little doubt but when once furnished with these keys, the colored race are capable of reaching andunlocking all the doors accessible to any other people We need not dip into the future for the law of higher inheritance to note examples of this truth, or even to depend entirely upon the present, with its increased facilities to this end, but may go back and take an instance from the dark days of slavery, and of one direct from Africa. We refer to Phillis Wheatley, who, tho' a "child of Africa,” was, for her literary talent and virtue, accorded the highest distinction and honor both in the United States and Europe. It seems that she was brought over to this country in a slave vessel from Africa when but a little child."

The following from her biography by Benson J. Lossing,