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Date: 1789
"Does not slavery itself depress the mind, and extinguish all its fire and every noble sentiment?"
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)
Date: 1789
"Situated as we were, who could think that men should be so careless of the danger they were in? for, if the wind had but raised the swell as it was when the vessel struck, we must have bid a final farewel to all hopes of deliverance; and though, I warned the people who were drinking, and entreat...
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)