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Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches Phillis Wheatley was stolen from her family in Senegambia, and, in 1761, slave traders transported her to Boston, Massachusetts, to be sold. She was purchased by the Wheatley family who treated Phillis far better than most eighteenth-century slaves could hope, and she received a thorough education while still, of course, longing for her freedom. After four years, Wheatley began writing religious poetry. She was baptized and became a member of a predominantly white Congregational church in Boston. More than ten years after her enslavement began, some of her poetry was published i...
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Johann Hieronymus Weller was the son of Rupert or Robert Weller and Margaretha Helman. He was born in 1684 in Germany. He married Anna Juliana Cons/Kunz/Cuntz, the daughter of Jacob Kunz and Anna Catharina Heyl, and they immigrated to New York in 1710. Their children included Johan Jacob, Anna Catrin, Ludwig, Johan Hendrik, Frederick/Johann, Hieronymus Adam, Willem/William, Heinrich/Johann and Johannes. Johan (usually called Hieronimus) married Anna Maria Homfin after the death of his first wife. Descendants lived in California, Virginia, New Jersey and Michigan.
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