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In the poem, “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” by Phillis Wheatley, Wheatley encourages the apprehension of individual rights by letting the white colonists be aware that she has the authority of following any religion she desires and gets presented to her, therefore she favors Christianity. In fact, Wheatley demonstrates how she admires God over nature. In the poem she states, “ taught my benighted soul to understand that there's a God (and) a Saviour too (2-3).” Wheatley usage of “benighted “ portrays the ignorance to the way of life and Christianity. In addition, Wheatley states she “understands” a distinctive religion , by which she was not familiarize believing in a primary God and Saviour. Wheatley was in her own right to
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