On Being Brought from Africa to America Themes
Race
No question about it, Wheatley is concerned with race in "On Being Brought from Africa to America." But not the kind of race you win medals for. With a title about being brought to America on a sla...
Religion
Pagans and angels and Christians, oh my. Wheatley lays the religion on heavy in her poetry, especially in "On Being Brought from Africa to America." Although she's far away from home, the speaker h...
Identity
Who is I? You read that right. We mean, who is Wheatley's I in the "On Being Brought from Africa to America"? Is it an anonymous speaker? The poet? A slave? A white woman? An eighteenth-century pre...
Prejudice
The title "On Being Brought from Africa to America" sounds like a pleasant experience, right? At least, it sounds like it'd be exciting. But the speaker in this poem was brought over as a slave and...