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Phillis Wheatley: Black Or White Poet?
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English 101
Phillis Wheatley was brought from Africa to America to be put into slavery. She was more privileged than other slaves because her owners taught her to read and write. Showing early signs of remarkable intelligence, her owners, the Wheatleys, fostered her talent by tutoring her regular ....
Middle of essay ....he poet seems to say that one way of protesting captivity is to overcome the dehumanizing system of slavery by educating oneself. The critic Arthur P. Davis agrees with the assessment. He writes that,”…she is definitely race conscious.”(94) On the other hand, Vernon Loggins, author of The Negro Author, argues that, “she neglected almost her own state of slavery and the miserable oppression of thousands of her race.” (113) He then states that
one looks in vain for some outburst or even complaint .... |
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