On being brought from Africa to America. Phillis Wheatley. 1773. Poems on Various Subjects

Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784). Poems on Various Subjects. 1773.

On being brought from Africa to America


’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 nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,	5
“Their colour is a diabolic die.”
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train.