Black Atlantic Writers of the Eighteenth Century

by Potkay, Adam; Burr, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780312125189
• ISBN10: 0312125186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book brings together for the first time works by four Afro-Anglican writers who published between 1774 and 1789: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, John Marrant, Ottobah Cugoano, and Olaudah Equiano. These men share a dramatic story of captivity and liberation, wayfaring and adventure.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
About This Edition	ix	(2)
Abbreviated Titles of Bibliographical Sources	xi
Introduction	1	(22)
UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW	23	(44)
About Ukawsaw Gronniosaw	23	(4)
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, An African Prince, Written by Himself	27	(40)
JOHN MARRANT	67	(58)
About John Marrant	67	(8)
A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black, (Now Going to Preach the Gospel in Nova-Scotia) Born in New-York, in North-America	75	(31)
A Sermon Preached on the 24th Day of June 1789, Being the Festival of Saint John the Baptist, at the Request of the Right Worshipful the Grand Master Prince Hall, and the Rest of the Brethren of the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in Boston	106	(19)
QUOBNA OTTOBAH CUGOANO	125	(34)
About Quobna Ottobah Cugoano	125	(4)
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 (EXCERPTS)	129	(30)
OLAUDAH EQUIANO	159
About Olaudah Equiano	159	(7)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself (ABRIDGED)	166