*On this date in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk publicly promised to free imprisoned political prisoner Nelson Mandela and lift his country’s ban on Black membership in the African National Congress.
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... ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA by Phyllis Wheatley.
