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  1. What are the “natural Rights” to which Phillis Wheatley refers in the opening sentence?

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    Questions: - What are the “natural Rights” to which Phillis Wheatley refers in the opening sentence?
  2. How does she yoke “civil and religious Liberty” throughout this letter?

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    Questions: - How does she yoke “civil and religious Liberty” throughout this letter?
  3. Who does Wheatley characterize as “our modern Egyptians”?

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    Questions: - Who does Wheatley characterize as “our modern Egyptians”?
  4. What is the argument she makes in her accusation of the “Absurdity of their Conduct whose Words and Actions are so diametrically opposite”?

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    Questions: - What is the argument she makes in her accusation of the “Absurdity of their Conduct whose Words and Actions are so diametrically opposite”?