Listen to my reading of Wheatley’s poem. Please reflect on the fact that these women could defy the image of Black women of their day. How does the poetry of Phillis Wheatley reflect the principles associated with the global Enlightenment movement and what insights does it provide on Wheatley’s views on slavery and its abolition? What, if any, are the similarities between Wheatley and Rebecca Proten?

Listen to my reading of Wheatley’s poem. Please reflect on the fact that these women could defy the image of Black women of their day. How does the poetry of Phillis Wheatley reflect the principles associated with the global Enlightenment movement and what insights does it provide on Wheatley’s views on slavery and its abolition? What, if any, are the similarities between Wheatley and Rebecca Proten?

The poem by Wheatley is called “on being brought from Africa to America.

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