Transatlantic literature of the long eighteenth century /
In 1789, before the abolition of slavery in Great Britain or the United States of America, poet William Blake quietly appealed to the public's sense of humanity in Songs of Innocence Other the poem, "The Little Black Boy." In that same year, a former slave named Olaudah Equiano was ca...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In 1789, before the abolition of slavery in Great Britain or the United States of America, poet William Blake quietly appealed to the public's sense of humanity in Songs of Innocence Other the poem, "The Little Black Boy." In that same year, a former slave named Olaudah Equiano was catapulted to fame as a sympathetic face for the abolitionist movement Other the publication of his autobiography. Olaudah Equiano became an internationally sought after public speaker and enjoyed the remarkable success of nine editions of his book Otherin the five year span between 1789 and 1794, making him the wea. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 92 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 1443833142 9781443833141 |