Old Mama Dot

Born on a sunday
In the kingdom of Asante
Sold on a monday
Into slavery
Ran away on tuesday
Cause she born free
Lost a foot on wednesday
When they catch she
Worked all thursday
Till her head grey
Dropped on friday
Where they burn she
Freed on saturday
In a new century

(D’AGUIAR, F. Old Mama Dot. In: BERRY, J. (ed.) News for
Babylon: The Chatto book of West Indian-British Poetry, London: Chatto & Windus, 1984, p.26.)

 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, o tema central do poema.