Literary Analysis Of The Slavery Period A Number Of...

Agustin Gamez Instructor: Nancy R. Williams Course: American Literature Date: 10/14/2015 Literary Analysis Essay # 2 During the slavery period a number of African slaves wrote stories, and poems about their daily hardships that they had to withhold by being a slave and everything else that happen throughout their life’s. Not many Black writers had the resources or support from their owners to publish what they wrote or anyone to care about what they wrote, lucky slaves did reach success when they published their work. Knowing where they came from or where they grew up from is important, the type of work that each individual accomplished when they published their work to the public. The massive impact that Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln had in the black community and how they helped change the way they were being treated completely. Phillis Wheatley was a famous poet, her themes were mostly about her own experiences and feelings she had. She also took inspiration from the Bible, many other inspirational writings she knew. Wheatley comes from a background of a slave, she was sold at the age of seven and was brought to America by slave traders. Wheatley didn’t have an easy life at first but after coming to America she was bought by a good family, the Wheatley’s. Phillis was taught to read and write by the family, and after some time she took interest in the Bible, history, and BritishShow MoreRelated Gender in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Essays4425 Words   |  18 PagesGender in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe achieved what is, clearly, her greatest notoriety for writing the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin between 1851 and 1852. She was radically inspired by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, and managed to write one of the most successful works (if not the most successful work) of abolitionist literature. It is even said that Abraham Lincoln described her as the â€Å"little woman† who started the â€Å"great war