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== Phillis Wheatley, 1768, An address to George III == | == Phillis Wheatley, 1768, An address to George III == | ||
| − | Its interesting that The Revolutionary War is typically viewed as the colonists fight for independence but through the readings on Wheatley, Murray and Adams it proves that there was another war being fought within colonial life. It was extraordinary that Phillis was educated and treated to such a level that she was practically treated like a daughter by her masters allowing her to be able to cultivate these parallels between the struggles for freedom with Britain and slavery. Being a slave and woman what she wrote seems out of place in the subservient world women and especially slaves lived in at the time. Although, all but Adams wrote under false names they still carried a sense of entitlement to speak out against the lifestyle given to them. Which made me question whether the fight for freedom against Britain was seen as by women as their ticket to finally speak out or was it the male mindset that was being altered towards what role women were supposed to play? | + | '''Its interesting that The Revolutionary War is typically viewed as the colonists fight for independence but through the readings on Wheatley, Murray and Adams it proves that there was another war being fought within colonial life. It was extraordinary that Phillis was educated and treated to such a level that she was practically treated like a daughter by her masters allowing her to be able to cultivate these parallels between the struggles for freedom with Britain and slavery.''' Being a slave and woman what she wrote seems out of place in the subservient world women and especially slaves lived in at the time. Although, all but Adams wrote under false names they still carried a sense of entitlement to speak out against the lifestyle given to them. '''Which made me question whether the fight for freedom against Britain was seen as by women as their ticket to finally speak out or was it the male mindset that was being altered towards what role women were supposed to play?''' |
-Rachel T. | -Rachel T. | ||
| − | Phillis Wheatley was an amazing woman that definitely stands out. She is not the typical African slave most of us hear about when discussing colonial and revolutionary America because she was well educated, and practically treated like a daughter from her masters/family. I found it interesting in her poem that she makes political references directly to the King, and she was educated enough to know how to speak in metaphors through her poetry to express her attitudes and true political feelings, something that most white women of her time didn't even posses. --Lindsey S. | + | Phillis Wheatley was an amazing woman that definitely stands out. She is not the typical African slave most of us hear about when discussing colonial and revolutionary America because she was well educated, and practically treated like a daughter from her masters/family. '''I found it interesting in her poem that she makes political references directly to the King, and she was educated enough to know how to speak in metaphors through her poetry to express her attitudes and true political feelings''', something that most white women of her time didn't even posses. --Lindsey S. |
| − | I find it rather surprising that as children, Americans are not taught about incredible women like Phillis Wheatley. Not only was she an educated slave woman, but she also had a strong ''political'' voice during the colonial period. Although her master obviously provided her education and trip to Europe, it is still an incredible feat that she was well known. I wonder how many other women, especially slave women, existed that we know nothing about, either because of history leaving them out or teachers leaving them out. -- Hannah W. | + | '''I find it rather surprising that as children, Americans are not taught about incredible women like Phillis Wheatley.''' Not only was she an educated slave woman, but she also had a strong ''political'' voice during the colonial period. Although her master obviously provided her education and trip to Europe, it is still an incredible feat that she was well known. I wonder how many other women, especially slave women, existed that we know nothing about, either because of history leaving them out or teachers leaving them out. -- Hannah W. |
== Grace Galloway’s diary, 1778-79, Philadelphia == | == Grace Galloway’s diary, 1778-79, Philadelphia == | ||
