On Being Brought From Africa To America

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Title:     On Being Brought From Africa To America
Author: Phillis Wheatley [More Titles by Wheatley]

'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither fought now knew,
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.

[The end]
Phillis Wheatley's poem: On Being Brought From Africa To America

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