Through her poem, how does Wheatley rebel against the prevailing notion at the time that black, enslaved Americans were inferior

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Through her poem, how does Wheatley rebel against the prevailing notion at the time that black, enslaved Americans were inferior

to their white counterparts? In other words, how does she prove that this racist stereotype is false?

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insens350 [35] · Answer 1 · 2023-04-10T15:10:49+03:00

In her works, she strategically addresses ideas of liberty, religion, and racial equality rather than proving the enslaved Americans were inferior to their white counterparts.

<h3>Who is Phillis Wheatley?</h3>

She was the first American slave of African descent and only the third colonial American woman to have her work published.

Her works ranges from book of poetry, poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral which earned her a status that no other woman of her status had attain.