Question

What was the main criticism of Phillis Wheatley by Seymour Gross, Amiri Baraka, Angeline Jamison, and other writers of the 1960s?

a.Her poems were naïve.
b.Her message was too white.
c.Her poems were unoriginal.
d.Her message was too patriotic.

Answer 1

Her message was too patriotic.

Answer 2

Answer:

d.Her message was too patriotic.

Explanation:

Phillis Wheatley was a former slave that was sold into slavery and came to america, she later would become a free woman and started writting poetry books and she supported the patriots during american revolution and her writtings were too patriotic, that was the main criticism of Phillis Wheatley she also was a strong fundamental activists for the freedom of the slaves and anti-slavery advocate.