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Article: Dominant and submerged discourses in 'The Life of Olaudah Equiano' (or Gustavus Vassa)?
- Article from:
- African American Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 1993
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'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Savior too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"There colour is a diabolic dye."
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,