African American Literature GLL237 Professor: W.S. Lewis Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) Phillis Wheatly‚ is remembered as the first issued African American poet. She was born in Senegal in 1753‚ and at age eight was kidnapped and brought to Boston by slave traders. In Boston‚ she was sold to John and Susannah Wheatley. Educated and taught by Susannah Wheatley‚ Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in 1770‚ at age 17. Wheatley went on to publish many poems‚ generally dealing with religion‚ a
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my granddad.” Mickey Mantle quotes (American Baseball Player‚ 1931-1995) “If little green men land in your back yard‚ hide any little green women you’ve got in the house.” Mike Harding quotes “I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard” Phyllis Diller quotes (American comedienne and actress‚ born 1917) “I don’t visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won’t wait in the yard while I run
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September 2011 Response paper 3: “On Being Brought from Africa to America” To the literary world‚ Phillis Wheatley is recognized as the first black American poet (Archiving Early America‚ 2011). At the young age of seven‚ Phillis Wheatley was stolen from her homeland of Africa and sold into slavery to John Wheatley becoming the personal slave servant to his wife‚ Susannah Wheatley. She was taught to read and write English as well as the study of Latin and English literature. Due to this advantage
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In the distant land of the Africa’s‚ a young princess by the name of Phillis was born to the King and Queen of Africa. They loved her so greatly and wanted her to one day become ruler of this land. The kingdom were all happy for the birth of Princess Phillis and her Mother and Father gave her the amulet of Tesmuga‚ which would protect her from many harms that would come as she grows older. Everything was going great for the King and Queen and the kingdom‚ until the day of disaster came. From the
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the white colonists or the mercy of God. However‚ it was mercy nonetheless that taught her pagan soul to learn about a God and a savior. In the third line‚ she discusses a God‚ and a savior. Since she already mentioned God‚ the reader can assume Wheatley was talking about Jesus when she mentioned savior. This is an important part of her poem because Jesus suffered and then rose from
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Brought from Africa to America‚” by Phillis Wheatley‚ Wheatley encourages the apprehension of individual rights by letting the white colonists be aware that she has the authority of following any religion she desires and gets presented to her‚ therefore she favors Christianity. In fact‚ Wheatley demonstrates how she admires God over nature. In the poem she states‚ “ taught my benighted soul to understand that there’s a God (and) a Saviour too (2-3).” Wheatley usage of “benighted “ portrays the ignorance
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during her time as a slave for the Wheatley family‚ Phillis was able to write a number of poems throughout her lifetime‚ many of them focusing on her religious beliefs and her love for God. In 1773 she wrote "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" marveling at all of the things around her that are accredited to God‚ the creator‚ and in hopes of encouraging others to
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of Cambridge‚ in New England‚” can be seen as a radical movement of that particular time period. It was not seen as proper for an African American slave to address herself‚ with such authority‚ towards white high class. Therefore‚ I believe that Wheatley purposely identified the clear distinction between her race and that of the upper class white members of society. I imagine that one of Wheatley’s drives‚ for sharing this poem‚ consisted of a cautious attempt to open the eyes of certain upper class
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why I like these passages: I consider On Being Brought from Africa to America is a good example of the American Jeremiad. This idea comes up to me due to the last two lines of the poem. Phillis Wheatley says “Remember‚ Christians‚ Negros‚ black as Cain‚ May be refined‚ and join the angelic train.” Wheatley believes her skin color is the punishment of her sin as same as the mark on the Cain. However‚ her God would not forsake her‚ and she finally would return to him. This structure is as same as the
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poem‚ Wheatley emphasizes the theme of freedom of the colonies against the oppressing tyranny of mother country. She utilizes personification of "Columbia" as America and enhances the several "glorious victories" that this goddess has accomplished (Wheatley 2). Because Washington was a slave owner before their possible and surprising encounter he "had heretofore seemed no different from the typical Virginia slave owner" (Basker). However‚ after knowing about the marvelous poet as Wheatley his perspective
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