Permit me, with the greatest deference and respect, to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative; the chief design of which is to excite in your august assemblies a sense of compassion for the miseries which the Slave-Trade has entailed on my unfortunate countrymen. By the horrors of that trade was I first torn away from all the tender connexions that were naturally dear to my heart; but these, through the mysterious ways of Providence, I ought to regard as infinitely more than compensated by the introduction I have thence obtained to the knowledge of the Christian religion, and of a nation which, by its liberal sentiments, its humanity, the glorious freedom of its government, and its proficiency in arts and sciences, has exalted the dignity of human nature. I am sensible I ought to entreat your pardon for addressing to you a work so wholly devoid of literary merit; but, as the production of an unlettered African, who is actuated by the hope of becoming an instrument towards the relief of his suffering countrymen, I trust that such a man, pleading in such a cause, will be acquitted of boldness and presumption.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: , or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself
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Author: Equiano, Olaudah
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781537562346
Details:
Author: Equiano, Olaudah
Brand: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 140
Release Date: 09-09-2016
EAN: 9781537562346
Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.3 inches
Languages: English
