Didn't think I'd havemuch to say about this essay, but I looked into it a bit. I can't really say that I like it, personally, but it is an affective style. I think it's all the generalizations used. I've always been of the opinion that a generalization weakens any argument. Almost any collective description of any people is flawed...I say almost, but actually every single one I've ever seen is. You just can't define the situation of a gender, a race, and a hundred year period that easily.
I did, however, learn a bit. We all know, or assume to know that slavery is horrible and strange, but sometimes these things really strike you and weigh you down for a bit. I didn't really like how much she focused on Phyllis Wheatley, who, as it turns out, isn't particularly interesting, but her life story is fairly average for a slave. It's strange to think that her name, like most of those people, wasn't even their own, or even a representation of their own culture. Phyllis was apparently the name of the ship they sent her here on and Wheatley was her ownter's last name.
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