What does the allusion to cain signify in the poem? a. skin color b. virtue c. sin d. state of mind on being brought from africa to america by phillis wheatley 'twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, taught my benighted soul to understand that there's a god, that there's a saviour too: once i redemption neither sought nor knew. some view our sable race with scornful eye, "their colour is a diabolic die." remember, christians, negros, black as cain, may be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.