The boat is pushed along genteelly and guided by the wind, verses being instructed and forced by a whip which draws nothing but pain and suffering. This next part also ties in, “You are freedom’s swift-winged angels, that fly around the world; I am confined in bands of Iron! O that I were Free!” I think there is a double meaning hear as we can see that the boat is free, but is referred to as an angel. Angels help and protect followers of Christ as instructed by God and therefore I think he is also referring to the fact that they can be used to escape slavery upon the boats. They travel around the world, instead of being locked up by being on the ship the possibility of getting out of a slave state is very
The boat is pushed along genteelly and guided by the wind, verses being instructed and forced by a whip which draws nothing but pain and suffering. This next part also ties in, “You are freedom’s swift-winged angels, that fly around the world; I am confined in bands of Iron! O that I were Free!” I think there is a double meaning hear as we can see that the boat is free, but is referred to as an angel. Angels help and protect followers of Christ as instructed by God and therefore I think he is also referring to the fact that they can be used to escape slavery upon the boats. They travel around the world, instead of being locked up by being on the ship the possibility of getting out of a slave state is very