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.