Born in presentday ghana, quobna ottobah cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen. Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery penguin random. Summary of narrative of the enslavement of ottobah cugoano. About thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery. A freed slaves daring assertion of the evils of slavery born in presentday ghana, quobna ottobah cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold. Download pdf thoughts and sentiments on the evil of. Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery by quobna. Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery penguin classics. Richard and maria cosway, and ottobah cugoano 1784. David killingray britain, the slave trade and slavery. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Neoslave narratives in contemporary black british fiction. Quobna ottobah cugoano, thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery 1787, ed. Shop amongst our popular books, including 2, thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery, thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery and more from quobna ottobah cugoano. Phillis wheatley, quobna ottobah cugoano, olaudah equiano, elizabeth hart thwaites, anne hart. Richard and maria cosway, and ottobah cugoano 1784 cropped. A freed slaves daring assertion of the evils of slavery born in presentday ghana, quobna ottobah cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow africans in 1770. He was born quobna ottobah cugoano in 1757 near ajumako, in modernday ghana.
In 1770, at the age of thirteen, west african quobna ottobah cugoano spent time visiting an. Click download or read online button to get thomas clarkson and ottobah cugoano book now. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery by quobna ottobah. An african hermeneutic, 1787 quobna ottobah cugoano s thoughts and sentiments on the evils of slavery was published in london in 1787, the first book by an afrobritish writer to condemn the slave trade as well as slavery itself. Born at agimaque, on the coast of fantyn and the country of fantee in what is presentday ghana, cugoano was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1770 p. Buy the kobo ebook book thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery by quobna ottobah cugoano at indigo.
Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery ebook by. He was born in 1757, in the part of africa now called ghana. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Chapter two panafricanism in quobna ottobah cugoanos liberation discourse. One black antislavery campaigner, who worked alongside equiano, was ottobah cugoano. Narrative of the enslavement of ottobah cugoano, a native. I refused to go with the rest, cugoano recalled one afternoon, being rather apprehensive that. Captured in presentday ghana and sold into slavery at the age of, he was shipped to grenada in the lesser antilles, where he worked on a plantation. In 1770, he was kidnapped and taken to the west indies, where he spent nearly a year enslaved on grenada. Narrative of the enslavement of ottobah cugoano, a native of africa. Peter adamson teams up with jonardon ganeri and chike jeffers to represent the philosophical traditions of india, africa and the african diaspora.