Question

What did Phillis Wheatley and Mercy Otis Warren have in common? Both fought for African American rights. Both fought to secure women's rights. Both wrote poetry about freedom and slavery. Both wrote works supporting the Patriot cause.

Answer 1

Phyllis Wheatley and Merci Otis Warren, both wrote about freedom and slavery.

Phyllis Wheatley (1753 – 1784) was born in West Africa and brought in as a slave to North America. The Wheatley family to whom she was sold, taught her to read and write and encouraged her to take up poetry. She is the first African-American female poet.

Merci Otis Warren (1728 – 1814) was a political writer, who supported the American Revolution and encouraged the colonists to stand up against the British, through her writings and propaganda work.