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What does Wheatley imply in these lines from On Being Brought from Africa to America?
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Why is on being brought from Africa to America a good poem?
"On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley is considered a powerful poem because it challenges the prevailing stereotype of Africans being inferior. Wheatley uses her own experience as a slave to confront the hypocrisy of being brought to a Christian nation for salvation while her own people are oppressed. The poem gives voice to the complexities of identity and belief in the context of slavery.
What Is The One Theme Of on Being Brought From Africa To America By Phillis Wheatley?
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What are some of Phillis Wheatley poems?
A Hymn To The MorningOn Being Brought From Africa To AmericaOn The Death Of A Young Gentleman
Did Phillis Wheatley get freed?
She was born in Africa and brought over at age 7 as a slave. Phillis Wheatley was educated by the Wheatley family to learn English, Latin, and Greek. She published her first poem in 1767. When John Wheatley died, she was emancipated.
Is the tone of Upon Being Brought from Africa to America rebellious or apologetic?
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What European nation played a part in the exportation of African people to America?
I don't know if I am right or not, but I believe the Portugal play a very prominent role in slave being brought from Africa to America.
How did smallpox spread from Africa to Europe?
During the slave days there was a triangle of goods being shipped. Europe shipped weapons to Africa, Africa shipped slaves to America, ans America shipped sugar to Europe. On one of the gun runs a European captain caught smallpox and brought it back with him.
Which continent has more land south America or Africa?
Africa has more land than South America, Africa being the Second largest continent right after Asia.
After being freed where did wheatley go?
She went to the club!
What are the effects of Christianity on the African communities?
Well, there was three different ways Christianity came to African Americans. 1.) Slaves were brought over to America and learned of it there. 2.) In Africa, missionaries shared Christianity and then native Africans came to America. 3.) In Northern Africa, there were Christians that came from the Middle East (some were out of the Diaspora when Rome finally pushed the Jewish people out of their land) and then Africans who were Christians moved to America. The term African-American isn't limited to slaves that came from Africa, it refers to any African who has been/is an American. But, if you are specifically asking about previous slaves and how Christianity affected them, then it's a little different. A lot of slaves accepted Christian beliefs but not all did. I wasn't a slave back then and no one else alive today was either so the best thing to do is read accounts of those who were. The first is a quote from Phyllis Wheatley, said in her poem "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.. " What will also help you is to read narratives and accounts of others. There are many (yet not all) who reflect the same feelings as Phyllis Wheatley. As for influence today, Christianity is still a strong belief among African Americans.
What is phillis wheatleys famous quote?
Maybe this: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.(from poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America")
Who started the slave trade in America?
The American, when they went over to Africa to get slaves they brought them to America and sold them off to the British North Americans who kept them as slaves for as long as they could. Many of the slaves decided to take their own lives and jumped overboard while being boarded to America.
