In Jupiter Hammon’s “An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley,”
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he expresses the common 18th century Christian view that the enslavement of Africans was a sign of God’s “mercy” since it provided the enslaved the opportunity to become Christians and hence attain eternal salvation of their souls. Find the one stanza that seems to depart from that view and explain why you think it does.
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