Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery; or, the Nature of Servitude as Admitted by the Law of God, Compared to the Modern Slavery of the Africans in the West-Indies; In an Answer to the Advocates for Slavery and Oppression.

Cugoano refutes pro-slavery arguments of the day, including slavery’s supposed divine sanction; the belief that Africans gladly sold their own families into slavery; that Africans were especially suited to its rigors; and that West Indian slaves led better lives than European serfs. He may have done just this in the abridged version, but I didn't read it because I read the full length text. I feel that some editing could. There are two options.

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His 1787 book, ''Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic''' of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Cugoano highlighted the effects of slavery. There are some amazing passage in here. If they determine it so, as reason must tell every man, that himself is of more value than his property; then the executors of the laws of civilization ought to tremble at the inconsistency of passing judgment upon those whose crimes, in many cases, are less than what the whole legislature must be guilty of, when those of a far greater is encouraged and supported by it wherever slavery is tolerated by law, and, consequently, that slavery can no where be tolerated with any consistency to civilization and the laws of justice among men; but if it can maintain its ground, to have any place at all, it must be among a society of barbarians and thieves, and where the laws of their society is, for every one to catch what he can. He also joined the Sons of Africa alongside Olaudah Equiano. However, his devotion to the bible endless quotes and references to Christianity ruined this read for me. Choosing to read this book was one of the best decisions I made. Although, perhaps because I cannot get into the minds of those in this era, religiously speaking. Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was the most radical African opponent of slavery in the 18th century. Exploiting his dual identity as both an African and a British citizen, Cugoano daringly asserted that all those under slavery’s yoke had a moral obligation to rebel, while at the same time he appealed to white England’s better self.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. I would recommend this book if you want to learn more about slavery beyond just working on the plantatio. I would recommend this book if you want to learn more about slavery beyond just working on the plantations. Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist who was active in England in the latter half of the eighteenth century. One black antislavery campaigner, who worked alongside Equiano, was Ottobah Cugoano. Born in present-day Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770; he worked in the brutal plantation chain gangs of the West Indies before being freed in England.

The only complaint I have about Cugoano's lengthy essay is that he is quite repetetive and redundant. According to historian David Olusoga, this is the earliest known African-written history of slavery in English. But again let me observe, that whatever civilization the inhabitants of Great-Britain may enjoy among themselves, they have seldom maintained their own innocence in that great duty as a Christian nation towards others, and I may say, with respect to their African neighbours, or to any other wheresoever they may go by the way of commerce, they have not regarded them at all. A freed slave's daring assertion of the evils of slavery Born in present-day Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770; he worked in the brutal plantation chain gangs of the West Indies before being freed in England. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Books Sure to Be on Everyone’s Holiday List, Audiobooks Read By Your Favorite Celebrities, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery. Therefore let the inhabitants of any civilized nation determine, whether, if they were to be treated in the same manner that the Africans are, by various pirates, kidnappers, and slave-holders, and their wives, and their sons and daughters were to be robbed from them, or themselves violently taken away to a perpetual and intolerable slavery; or whether they would not think those robbers, who only took away their property, less injurious to them than the other. variety of well-known sources (Cugoano 1787: 127). Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, usually known by the shorter form Ottobah Cugoano, was born in present-day Ghana in the 1750s. To a modern, non-Christian audience it is likely a slow read at times, but that shouldn't downplay the remarkable achievement here. Mr. Cugoano was a very good writer and an impressive intellect. by Penguin Classics, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (Penguin Classics). Amazon.co.uk in the UK.

| ISBN 9781101177105 He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of the Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley, Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, and Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery and Other Writings by Ottobah Cugoano. Feb 01, 1999 Kidnapped and taken into slavery, he worked on plantations in Grenada before being brought to England, where he obtained his freedom. For this reason alone, it is extraordinary. He was born in 1757, in the part of Africa now called Ghana. Cugoano was a prominent member of the Sons of Africa, an African abolitionist group in England. was one the most forceful and influential Afro-Britons to fight for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade. There is nothing like reading a history or biography book and being so completely transported to another time and place that you find... To see what your friends thought of this book, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery, Choosing to read this book was one of the best decisions I made. He has breathed new life into texts long thought dead” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Vincent Carretta, Introduction by Vincent CarrettaAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIllustrationsSuggestions for Further Reading, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Humbly Submitted to The Inhabitants of Great-Britain, by Ottobah Cugoano, a Native of Africa.London: 1787, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery; or, the Nature of Servitude as Admitted by the Law of God, Compared to the Modern Slavery of the Africans in the West-Indies; In an Answer to the Advocates for Slavery and Oppression. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. There are no discussion topics on this book yet.