1. I notice that they have a lot of jewelry on and nice clothing. Maybe they have lots of money.
2. I think the first line means that she was taken from Africa to America- the Pagan land being her first polytheistic pre-Christian religion. I think she says it was mercy that brought her from the land, I guess she is saying mercy converted her to a religion she previously knew nothing of.
3. I think this means that those who are racist and bigots and those that prejudice against others are wrong and that they are being anti-Christian. People who say this are whites, those who implied that black people are ‘ evil ‘.
4. I think the point of this poem is to address ideas of liberty, religion, and racial equality. her family in Boston might have encouraged her because they taught her to read and write.
