{"product_id":"thoughts-and-sentiments-on-the-evil-of-slavery-paperback","title":"Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuobna Ottobah Cugoano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVincent Carretta\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA freed slave's daring assertion of the evils of slavery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn 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. His \u003ci\u003eThoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e is the most direct criticism of slavery by a writer of African descent. 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. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuobna Ottobah Cugoano\u003c\/b\u003e was born in present-day Ghana. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Carretta\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of the \u003ci\u003eComplete Writings of Phillis Wheatley\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e by Ottobah Cugoano.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.68 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753859350816,"sku":"9780140447507","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6bb289584efaa0a5444b1ded5c1f532b.webp?v=1780028458","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/thoughts-and-sentiments-on-the-evil-of-slavery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}