Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, Thomas Clarkson, Ottobah Cugoano

When abolitionists Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano published their essays on slavery in the late eighteenth century, they became key participants in one of the most important human rights campaigns in history. British abolitionism sought to expose the realities of transatlantic slavery in addition to asking politicians to help dehumanized Africans in the New World, and this edition brings together two major essays of the 1780s that were influential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551113384
• ISBN13: 9781551113388
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"