What is the subject of Phillis Wheatley's poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?
Here is the text:
'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 sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.
the role of angels in human life
the poet's gratitude for Christian salvation
people who mistreat Africans
the poet's anger toward those who enslaved her
