How would you describe the tone of “On Being Brought from Africa," and
does it shift?

The speaker begins by declaring that it was a blessing, a free act of God's compassion that brought her out of Africa, a pagan land. This appreciative attitude is a humble acknowledgement of the virtues of a Christian country like America.

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evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

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