Francis Scott Key and Phillis Wheatley were very important people and they accomplished so many things.
Francis Scott Key was born August 1, 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland and died from pleurisy at the age of 63 on January 11, 1843 in Baltimore, Maryland.His nationality was American. He was born to Charlton and Captain Key on the family plantation of Terra Rubra. His father was a lawyer, judge and officer in the Continental Army. Francis Scott Key was educated at home until the age of 10. He attended Annapolis Grammar School. After grade school, he went on and studied at John’s College. In 1803, he returned home to set up a legal practice in Georgetown. At that time it was an independent municipality within Washington D.C. He died from pleurisy at the age of 63.
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They had 11 children. Their names were Francis, Maria, Elizabeth, John, Ann, Edward, Daniel, Phillip, Ellen, Mary, and Charles.

Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American poet to be published. She started poetry at the age of 13. Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa on May 8, 1753. She died in Boston, Massachusetts on December 5, 1784.
Phillis was brought to the U.S. as a slave in 1761. She was sold into slavery at the age of 7 or 8. She boarded a ship named “Phillis”. Phillis was the boat that brought her to America. That is how she got her first name (Phillis). She was bought by a wealthy family in Boston, Massachusetts. That is how she got her surname “Wheatley”.
Phillis Wheatley was married to John Peters from 1778-1784. They struggled to make two ends meet and two of their children died in infancy.
Phillis was proved to be an excellent scholar, so she got to abandon her slave duties. The family that bought her educated her in a manner of uncommon slaves. The family encouraged her to pursue in writing. In 1772, she had to testify in court that her poems were written by