 The Countess promoted the writings and independence of formerly enslaved Africans who espoused religious views compatible with her own.For instance, she supported publication of memoirs, or slave narratives, by Ukawsaw Gronniosaw and Olaudah Equiano.She also used her influence in the world of the arts to secure publication for Phillis Wheatley's 1773 volume of poems, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England", which was dedicated to the Countess.