OK....This morning i watched the view talk show, and this whole month of February, every day they show case an African American who changed history to mark Black History month. Today they mentioned Ms Wheatley born in 1753. She was abducted from Africa at age 8. And she started writing poems, published a book of poems by age 14, and was even recognized by maga stars like President Washington and Voltaire. I so googled her out of curiously, and she has like a list of poems she wrote. Since i dont have time to read them all, i just picked one random poem. The below poem is about her expressing gratitude for being enslaved because had she remained back home in Africa, she would have been a PAGAN.
Is being enslaved in the name of Christianization or Muslim-nation incase of Arabs enslaved Africans a positive case for slavery??? Is Slavery A mercy for the africans??? Discuss
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.
Is being enslaved in the name of Christianization or Muslim-nation incase of Arabs enslaved Africans a positive case for slavery??? Is Slavery A mercy for the africans??? Discuss
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.