What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Samuel Sewall ?
Correct answer: A. Anti-Slavery
- A. Anti-Slavery
- B. Father of american poetry
- C. Pro Slavery
- D. Father of American Liteature
Explanation
Samuel Sewall is remembered for *The Selling of Joseph* (1700), one of the earliest American antislavery publications. He was not primarily known as the father of American poetry or literature.
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