To add, she is the originator of the African American literary tradition and also of the African American women’s tradition. Wheatley combined the influences of religion and neo-classicism in her poems. She expressed the theme of freedom in most of her writing. For example, she made political statements supporting American freedom from Britain...
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She expressed the theme of freedom in most of her writing. For example, she made political statements supporting American freedom from Britain. Phillis’s countless elegies suggest that she found escape from slavery through the poetry she wrote. Her writings touch topics such as slavery and equality, education and art, and religion...
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