Phillis Wheatley Life Timeline & American Revolution Milestones #1667981 (License: Personal Use)

This timeline traces Phillis Wheatley’s life from her birth in Senegal (c. 1753), enslavement and relocation to Boston (1761), mastery of English and early writing (1763), publication of her first volume in 1773, emancipation in 1778, marriage to John Peters, and death in 1784-interwoven with critical historical moments like the Stamp Act (1765), Boston Massacre (1770), Boston Tea Party (1773), Declaration of Independence (1776), and the war’s end (1783). It visually connects her literary achievements with the political upheaval shaping colonial America.

Used on educational history websites, museum exhibits, or biographical pages about Phillis Wheatley or the American Revolution; serves users seeking contextual understanding of how individual lives intersected with broader revolutionary currents.