Frederick Cullen was a pioneer black activist minister. He established his Salem Methodist Episcopal Church in a storefront mission upon his arrival in New York City in 1902, and in 1924 moved the Church to the site of a former white church in Harlem where he could boast of a membership of more than twenty-five hundred. He is known for his writings on African American traditions and history as well.
She even thinks that up in heaven
Her class lies late and snores
While poor black cherubs rise at seven
To do celestial chores.
Because Cullen lived in the time of black people being under slavery, this poem makes me think that the women he is talking about were upper class white women that he worked for. They felt that blacks being their slaves is what God intended and even expects the same treatment in heaven. The poem is very short and to the point. It gives these ladies a racist outlook overall.
Yep. The ladies look pretty racist. It's a sad sentiment to think there will even be black slaves in heaven, waiting to wait on the whites even in death.
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