Question

Who was Phillis Wheatley? a. A pamphleteer whose ringing protests reminded Bostonians that women, too, cared about liberty. b. A fund-raiser for the Ladies’ Association, whose efforts fed nearly starving men at Valley Forge. c. A woman who, disguised as a man, died while fighting during the Yorktown campaign. d. A poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom. e. A slave who helped dozens of other slaves escape to freedom behind British lines.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option D,  A poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom, is the right answer.

Explanation:

Phillis Wheatley was an African-American woman and the first poet who published a book on the experience that the African-Americans felt about freedom. Born in West Africa and marketed into slavery to North America at the age of seven or eight. Her masters in America taught her to read and write and encouraged her to write poetry.