{"id":855,"date":"2021-01-04T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2021-01-04T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:22:25","slug":"phillis-wheatley-by-professor-donna-landry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/home-page\/phillis-wheatley-by-professor-donna-landry\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillis Wheatley by Professor Donna Landry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewed by Megan King<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\">Why is it important that Phillis\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\">Wheatley was<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW138336119 BCX9\">\u00a0identified as a negro servant and actually graphically depicted as a pensive position?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW138336119 BCX9\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-855-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Why-is-it-important-that-Phillis-Wheatley-was-identified-as-a-negro-servant-and-actually-graphically-depicted-as-a-pensive-position.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Why-is-it-important-that-Phillis-Wheatley-was-identified-as-a-negro-servant-and-actually-graphically-depicted-as-a-pensive-position.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Why-is-it-important-that-Phillis-Wheatley-was-identified-as-a-negro-servant-and-actually-graphically-depicted-as-a-pensive-position.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW268409912 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268409912 BCX9\">Why was it possible for Wheatley to breakthrough and become a <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW268409912 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268409912 BCX9\">household<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW268409912 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268409912 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SCXW117502889 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW117502889 BCX9\">Should we think of Wheatley as a revolutio<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW117502889 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW117502889 BCX9\">na<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW117502889 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW117502889 BCX9\">ry figure or actually as a rather conservative?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW117502889 BCX9\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-855-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/3-Should-we-think-of-Wheatley-as-a-revolutionary-figure-or-actually-as-a-rather-conservative.mp3?_=3\" \/><a 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