What she could be implying in the first poem mentioned

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Phillis Wheatley is known for her poem, "On Being Brought from Africa to America" where it has been said that it seems to be praising her captivity and seems to be critical of her origin "[her] pagan land" (line 1). "Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land / Taught my benighted soul to understand"

Do the rest of her poems continue this thought or contradict it?

For instance, in "To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's. . . " she writes, "Was snatch'd from Afric's fancied happy seat" I feel like this is the opposite of what she could be implying in the first poem mentioned.

Another example is in "To the University of Cambridge, in New England" she writes, "Twas not long since I left my native shore / The land of errors, and Egyptian gloom."

So, I'm honestly confused because I see two sides to this. Maybe multiple truths? Unless her "praising her captivity" is actually the opposite and she was only doing this given her situation of being taken at such a young age and into slavery. Maybe there is a hidden meaning?

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