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| | ==="On being brought from Africa to America"=== | | ==="On being brought from Africa to America"=== |
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| − | Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, | + | :Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, |
| − | Taught my benighted soul to understand | + | :Taught my benighted soul to understand |
| − | That there's a [[God]], that there's a Saviour too: | + | :That there's a [[God]], that there's a Saviour too: |
| − | Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. | + | :Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. |
| − | Some view our sable race with scornful eye, | + | :Some view our sable race with scornful eye, |
| − | "Their colour is a diabolic dye." | + | :"Their colour is a diabolic dye." |
| − | Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as [[Cain]], | + | :Remember, [[Christian]]s, Negroes, black as [[Cain]], |
| − | May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. | + | :May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. |