<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: "Poets Electra Roman No 2"; font-size: 2.5rem; font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">On Being Brought from Africa to America</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>by Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784)</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">'Twas mercy brought me from my <i>Pagan</i> land,<br>Taught my benighted soul to understand<br>That there's a God, that there's a <i>Saviour</i> too:<br>Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);"><br>Some view our sable race with scornful eye,<br>"Their colour is a diabolic die."<br>Remember, <i>Christians, Negros,</i> black as <i>Cain</i>,<br>May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(52, 52, 52);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#343434" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52);">—————-</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#343434" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52);"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(99, 115, 129); background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Born around 1753, Phillis Wheatley was the first black poet in America to publish a book.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(99, 115, 129); background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img src="cid:4795E9F4-A9C2-41AA-A240-214CC8DEE70C"></p></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Phyllis_Wheatley.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Phyllis_Wheatley.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>“The World is Black. The world is White” by Three Dog Night</b></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDh0FiGfgtk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDh0FiGfgtk</a></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>