As was the standard at the time, her surname was taken from her enslaver, a wealthy Boston merchant named John Wheatley, who intended Phillis to serve his wife, Susanna. The young girl showed ...

Kidnapped from West Africa around age 7, she arrived in 1761 in Boston, where she was bought by John Wheatley, a prosperous merchant, and his wife, Susanna. After Phillis was observed writing ...

Sunday 28 August 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3) Michael Berkeley's guest today is the architect John Wheatley, who was closely associated with the redevelopment of the City of London from the 1980s ...