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Prompt Wheatley has been heavily criticized for what many considered to be pandering to a white audience. Please read "On Being Brought from Africa to America" and "To the Right Honourable Lord . . . " paying particular attention to the language that is highlighted below. Identify Wheatley's strategy towards Black Progress in each poem. Or, does she even have one? How does the language she uses, indicate her objectives in each of the poems? 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 sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die." Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. "To the Right Honorable William . . . " (the complete poem is in your module) Should you, my lord, while you peruse my song, Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung, Whence flow these wishes for the common good, By feeling hearts alone best understood, I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate Was snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd happy seat: What pangs excruciating must molest, What sorrows labour in my parent's breast? Steel'd was that soul and by no misery mov'd That from a father seiz'd his babe belov'd: Such, such my case. And can I then but pray Others may never feel tyrannic sway? Note: Please remember, in order to get full credit for your discussions, you must respond to my questions with one full paragraph (about 6-8 sentences)

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