Slavery in “To Sir Toby” and “On Being Brought From Africa to America”
Freedom and slavery are mental states in which, with awareness, individuals can perceive positivity. The poems of Philip Freneau’s “To Sir Toby” and Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” focus on the issue of slavery and its implications. Wheatley paints a positive side of slavery by suggesting that through enslavement, the speaker gained mercy ... Read More
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