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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? | |
| + | -Rachel T. | ||
== Grace Galloway’s diary, 1778-79, Philadelphia == | == Grace Galloway’s diary, 1778-79, Philadelphia == | ||
