By Nature’s self in white array’d,She bade thee shun the vulgar eye,And planted here the guardian shade,And sent soft waters murmuring by;   Thus quietly thy summer goes,   Thy days declining to repose. The above passage is from ______________________ by ____________________________________________ .

Accordingly he signed the manumission that day, so that, before night, I, who had been a slave in the morning, trembling at the will of another, was become my own master, and completely free.The above passage is from ______________________ by ____________________________________________ .

By making reference to the texts of one or two writers we have recently studied, explain why the Enlightenment was an appropriate period wherein the abolition (anti-slavery) movement could gain momentum.  Discuss how the author illuminates the evils of slavery.  Be as specific and detailed as possible as you craft your response.  Write in your own voice.  I am looking for well-crafted, developed responses.I’d like to see 15-20 sentences.  Please proofread and edit your response, too. 

In 1780, Benjamin Franklin was taken prisoner by British as a passenger on an American ship. He wrote the poem “The British Prison Ship” based on this experience.

Of Joel Barlow’s epic poem “The Vision of Columbus,” George Washington reportedly said,

Before Walth Whitman or William Cullen Bryant, this poet closely observed nature and other native American subjects.

The Age of Reason was written by

The Enlightenment is sometimes referred to as

It will be very agreeable to me; indeed, nothing has ever hurt me so much, and affected me with such keen sensations, as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only son; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up arms against me in a cause wherein my good fame, fortune, and life were all at stake. You conceived, you say, that your duty to your king and regard for your country required this. I ought not to blame you for differing in sentiment with me in public affairs. We are men, all subject to errors.The above passage is from ______________________ by ____________________________________________ .

The first ________________________ appeared in 1704. By the time of the American Revolution, there were more than fifty of them in America.