ISBN: 9780140447507

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, whom Henry Louis Gates has dubbed the "invisible man" of the eighteenth century, was born in Africa around 1757 and sold into slavery as a boy. He was brought to E… mais…

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, whom Henry Louis Gates has dubbed the "invisible man" of the eighteenth century, was born in Africa around 1757 and sold into slavery as a boy. He was brought to England in 1772, just months after the historic Somerset case that abolished slavery in England, and was thereby emancipated.However, as he knew all too well, the slave trade persisted throughout the British Empire and the rest of Europe. Thoughts and Sentiments, the most radical assault published by a writer of African descent on slavery, was his response to the hypocrisy of Enlightenment Europe's attitude toward the evil institution. After a brief account of his early life, Cugoano launches an invective against the evils of slavery. He closes with a plea for the immediate emancipation of all slaves throughout the Empire, and for British efforts to quash the slave trade in other European countries. Media > Book, [PU: Penguin Books]<

2007, ISBN: 9780140447507

Editor: Carretta, Vincent, Penguin Classics, Paperback, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-03-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.19 kg, Ve… mais…

Editor: Carretta, Vincent, Penguin Classics, Paperback, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-03-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.19 kg, Verkaufsrang: 176197, Social & Urban History, Historical, Biography, Subjects, Books, Philosophy, Medical, Legal & Social Sciences, Cultural History, Social & Health Issues, Slavery, Community & Culture, Slavery & Emancipation, World History, Reference, History & Philosophy, Science, Nature & Maths, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Sociology, African American Studies, African Descent & Black, Ethnography, Format: Illustrated, Penguin Classics, 2007<

1999, ISBN: 9780140447507

Introduction: Carretta, Vincent, Penguin Classics, Paperback, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.19 … mais…

Introduction: Carretta, Vincent, Penguin Classics, Paperback, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.19 kg, Verkaufsrang: 378434, Black & African American, Community & Culture, Biographies & Memoirs, Subjects, Books, Basketball, Sports & Outdoors, Modern, Philosophy, Politics & Social Sciences, Movements, African American Studies, African Descent & Black, Ethnic Studies, Discrimination & Racism, Race Relations, Sociology, Political Science, Politics & Government, Penguin Classics, 1999<