After reading Wheatley's piece, "On Being Brought from Africa to America", I believe that she was trying to prove a point that there was more to her than just being a black woman and a slave. She wrote, "Some view our sable race with scornful eye, / 'Their color is a diabolic dye.' / Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, / May be refined, and join th' angelic train." This made me think that Wheatley was saying that all people can be a Christian, including her. She feels that she can identify as both a black women and a Christian, and that color should not be the only way that she can identify herself. I think this poem shows how aware Wheatley was of who she was, but how the world accepted her in comparison. It just shows the struggle that she faced while trying to adopt multiple identities.
-Jessica Mitchell
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