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The definition of an anagram is a word or phrase or written work that can be formed by

rearranging the letters of another.

And one good example is on being

brought from Africa to America, written in 1768. Here to read this poem and tell the story of the

remarkable woman behind the hand that wrote it, Phyllis Wheatley, is Leslie. Take it away, Leslie.

"'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land,

taught my benighted soul to understand that there is a God,

that there is a savior too, once I redemption, neither sought nor new.

Some view our sable race with scornful eye.

Their color is a diabolic dye.

Remember Christians, Negroes, black as cane, may be refined and join the angelic train.

There was another gentleman, a scholar who actually, he was a fan of anagrams,

and he went back and reeveevaluated that poem and got a

completely different message from the one that seemingly is presented to you upon first reading

it. Because sometimes depending on who the person is that reads it, you may get different messages.

Same can we said of you and me. Hail, brethren in Christ, have ye forgotten God's word?

Scriptures teach us that bondage is wrong.

His own greedy kin sold Joseph into slavery.

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