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Phillis WheatleyTo His Excellency General Washington
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1773A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Activities
1. Wheatley sent her poem to George Washington in October 1775; Washington responded in February 1776, explaining that a “variety of important occurrences” had prevented him from replying earlier. Research how the colonies’ war against England developed during these months and compile a list of the “occurrences” to which Washington might be referring, along with brief (1-3 sentence) descriptions of each.
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