Who was phillis wheatley?

an african-american slave
one of the first women to own slaves
one of the first female puritan preachers
a leader of the massachusetts bay colony

Phillis Wheatley was an African-American slave.

Explanation:

Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American writer to publish a book in the United States. His work Poems on Various Subjects was published in 1773, two years before the War of Independence of the United States began, and is seen as one of the first examples of Afro-genre literature.

Born in what Senegal would be, later installed in what would be Gambia, she was captured and subjected to slavery when she was seven years old. Wheatley was taken to America about 1760, where John and Susannah Wheatley of Boston, Massachusetts bought her and was converted to the Christian faith. The merchant family made sure that the intellectually gifted girl received a good education, including studies in Latin, Greek, mythology and history. She would soon master English, with her first poem published around 1767 at the age of 13, in the Newport Mercury.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)