Answer:
He would be in a lot better shape if here were wealthy, but no different if he were white and poor, because the color of your skin does not matter.
After publishing his work The Shortest Way with Dissenters,
Defoe was arrested. He was charged with rebellious libel. Due to this he was
sentenced to stay in the pillory for three days. But this did not stop him to write. He even
made another ode while in prison.
