Why did the “most respectable characters in Boston” ask to meet with Phillis Wheatley in October 1772?

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They questioned the veracity of her claim to have written poetry.

Phillis Wheatley has already published a lot of poems by this time. The gentlemen wanted to question Phillis and determine for themselves if she truly is a very intelligent woman that is the author of said poems. Her answers will help the gentlemen decide on whether to set her free from being a slave or not.