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apr 25, 1773 - To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth - Phillis Wheatley

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written on the spot: proves that Wheatley was truly writing the poems for herself; compares English colonialism to a form of slavery; uses her experience as a slave to emphasize why slavery and English rules of the colonies is wrong

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apr 25, 1773
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~ 253 years ago