THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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wrote poems and plays supporting American independence
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her letters are some of the earliest known writings about women’s rights
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important advisor to her husband; she told him to “remember the ladies” when forming America’s new government
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supported the American Revolution
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born into slavery
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the peak of her writing career, she wrote a well-received poem praising the appointment of George Washington as the commander of the Continental Army. However, she believed that slavery was the issue that prevented the colonists from achieving true heroism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery upon Susanna’s death in 1773, a process called ‘manumission. ‘ There were few prospects available to freed African people in colonial New England. She married a fellow African, John Peters, in 1774, and had three children.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phillis Wheatley, in full Phillis Wheatley Peters, (born c. 1753, present-day Senegal?, West Africa-died December 5, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), the first Black woman to become a poet of note in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Today in labor history: African American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery. On October 18, 1775, Phillis Wheatley – the first African-American poet and the first to publish a book – was freed from slavery.