"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." -Bob Marley

Dark Matter by Olli Kekäläinen, Ana Gavila

On Being Brought from Africa to America

BY PHILLIS WHEATLEY

'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.

Born today Phillis Wheatley was both the second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman.
The publication of her "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" (1773) brought her fame both in England and the American colonies leading to historical figures such as George Washington praising her work.
for more pls read: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley