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God Given Rights:
Understanding America's Equality and Freedom
The poem "On Being Brought to America" by Phillis Wheatley and The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson share similarities on the ideals that America possesses. Each of these writings argues for their God given rights, claiming every person is equal. Each must start new: One as a Christian, the others as a government. It is the bravery and the challenge in these writings that fascinate readers and help them understand America's growth process into the country it now proudly is.
Wheatley writes a poem discussing the introduction to both America and the Christian faith. The author feels as though she was brought to America out of kindness, and is thankful for the introduction to Christianity. She continues on to discuss the social factors, asking why her race is good enough for God, but not for the other Americans. When asking, she compares her race to Cain, the son of Adam and Eve. When condemned to wander the earth after the killing of his brother...
Like Cain, Wheatley is a child of God.
In the Declaration of Independence, the American States officially declare separation from England. It is stated that the people of the States have rights, that all people are created equal, and that if the government does not perform its duty to act in the benefit of its people, the people have the right to reject or destroy it. The people argue that their mother country, England, has been acting more as an oppressor than a mother in their new life. They listed the many facts that the King of England had not performed as the governor of their country, and that they now had the right to overrule his power and start their own government.
Though the two writings are about completely different experiences, there are similarities in the requests for respect from both writers. Wheatley is given a new beginning in America and so are those involved in the forming of the…
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