Date: 1789
"Though you were early forced from my arms, your image has been always rivetted in my heart, from which neither time nor fortune have been able to remove it; so that, while the thoughts of your sufferings have damped my prosperity, they have mingled with adversity and increased its bitterness."
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)
Date: 1789
"All within my breast was tumult, wildness, and delirium!"
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)