write what you think it means line by line. Or, find another poem of hers, write the title and then write a summary of what it means. // '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, Negro's, black as Cain, // May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.