Phillis Historical Achievement As A Published Poet

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I think that the heading, "Historical Achievement As a Published Poet," is a good choice for the selection because the heading basically summarizes the content of the section. "Poems on Various Subjects" was an achievement that was a turning point in U.S. history." This sentence shows that Phillis publishing her book of poems was a historical achievement. The next sentence, "In publishing it, Wheatley became the first African-American and the first U. S. slave to publish a book of poems, as well as the third American woman to do so," shows why Phillis got a historical achievement as a published poet.

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