On being brought from Africa to America

Por Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)


'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.