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ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA by PHILLIS WHEATLEY

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First Line: TWAS MERCY BROUGHT ME FROM MY PAGAN LAND
Last Line: MAY BE REFIN'D, AND JOIN TH' ANGELIC TRAIN.
Subject(s): AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; LOVE - LOSS OF; MORTALITY;
'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, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.


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