Question

Black civil rights leaders of the 1960s used “On Being Brought from Africa to America” as evidence that Phillis Wheatley was _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Black civil rights leaders of the 1960s used “On Being Brought from Africa to America” as evidence that Phillis Wheatley was a traitor to her race.

Explanation:

She was considered a traitor to her race since she seemed to praise slavery in some of her poems, this was the case of “On Being Brought from Africa to America” where critics said she was saying that slavery was good since it brought her to Christianism, being a slave she learn to write and to read and she was encouraged to make poetry, therefore, she had conflicted ideas about slavery.

Answer 2

"A traitor to her race."