Privilege does not pacify: Phillis Wheatley’s writing protests slavery despite status

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Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

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.doc

Published date :

11/11/2008

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Literature

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Summary :

Introduction.
1. Phillis Wheatley's arival in New England.
2. the colonists fight for sovereignty.
colonists and slavery within America.
Phillis Wheatley and a paradoxical New England.
1. Susana's want for Phillis to conduct herself in the proper manner for young Christian women.
2. The dual status of Hammon.
Phillis' Christian beliefs and the way she addressed slavery in her writing.
1. Phillis' use of religion and critics.
2. Her relation to Christianity and the word of God.
The harsh reality of slavery for Phillis.
Conclusion.

Abstract

phillis wheatley was brought to New England in 1761 to be a slave. While not every detail of phillis' life is known, she is considered to have had a good life for someone who was legally property. The Wheatleys encouraged her education and later her career as a poet. After learning to read, phillis used her literacy to study the Bible as well as stay abreast on current events. As a result, phillis became a Christian and a young woman very knowledgeable in the country's fight against Great Britain for their independence. She could not help but notice the contradictory nature of Christian colonists trying to obtain freedom from Britain while holding slavery throughout the colonies. In many appeals to the king as well as pro-independence literature spread throughout the colonies, there is an abundance of liberty rhetoric. Perhaps this inconsistency in perspective is partly due to the fact that the status of African Americas in New England was unique in nature.