On Being Brought To America By Phillis Wheatley

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In the poem, On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley makes the readers aware that no matter if your black or white you too can be saved and be welcomed into heaven. Phillis Wheatley was originally from West Africa and was sent to America around the age of 7. Wheatley was taught how to read and write and in a short period of time she became a very success poet in the 1700. Using her extended knowledge of the Christianity and the Old Testament Wheatley was able to address a political statement through her writing. When Wheatley arrived to Boston as a slave she was exposed to the religion, Christianity. Wheatley herself says this in lines 2 to 4. She also didn’t know anything about Christianity until she arrive to