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British Library: Discovering Literature: African Writers and Black Thought in 18th Century Britain

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This article describes how four writers, taken from Africa as children and sold into slavery, grew up to write works that challenged British ideas about race, called for African brotherhood, and demanded the abolition of the slave trade.

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colonialism, slavery
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abolition, slave ships, slave trade, british library: discovering literature: african writers and black thought in 18th-century britain, ignatius sancho, olaudah equiano, ottobah cugoano, phillis wheatley, restoration/18th century british literature
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional