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Poet in a Patriot Prison
CONFINEMENT hail! in honour’s justest cause. True to our King, our Country, and our Laws; Opposing anarchy, sedition, strife, And every other bane of social life. These Colonies of British freedom tir’d, Are by the frenzy of distraction fir’d; Rushing … Continue reading
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Tagged Connolly Plot, Frederick, Imprisonment, John Connolly, John Smyth, Loyalists, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Poetry, Prison, Tory
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Phillis Wheatley: American Poet
The American Revolution was loaded with contradictions, perhaps none more glaring than the notion of fighting for individual liberty while slavery was so deeply embedded in the rebelling colonies. To truly understand the American Revolution, it’s necessary to wrestle with … Continue reading
