1) Is Phyllis Wheatley endorsing slavery in her poem or is she being critical of slavery in some way? Wheatley was a slave herself, which means she is writing from experience but also restricted in what she can say since she did not have the freedom or rights of writers who were free citizens.
2) What is Thomas Jefferson saying about race and how does one of the other writers respond?
3) What connections do you see between gender and abolitionism (opposition to slavery) in these readings?
4) What role does religion play in the arguments against slavery?
Revision and Reflection Post
write your two paragraph reflection – one on what you learned about the ideas and one on what you learned about your writing. Be sure to quote your own writing to demonstrate your point about what you learned about your writing.
Poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America” – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america
