Why did Phillis Wheatley write "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?

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paki · Answer

A great feeling of self worth, nor is she saying that the slave trade was the 'mercy' that transported him from the 'pagan land', but rather she is saying that, out of something so cruel and inhumane as slavery, she found salvation, she found Christ. It is this Salvation that has given him inner peace and a great feeling of self worth. She is not condemning those that are not Christians but rather, she feels sorry for them, she is thinking about his eternal soul, not the flesh that is her body. Pagan land refers to the fact that Africa has a lot of pagan deities that they worship and she has seen the light and is celebrating that. She feels that if she was never enslaved, she would have never found freedom so absolute which is the freedom of the soul, and that's why she uses the word 'Mercy', to explain the mysterious ways in which God works...

anonymous · Answer

Your the best ! Thanks so much.