ENGLISH 3EC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Archangel, Freedman, Olaudah Equiano
27 Oct 2017
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Freed slave whose autobiography brought horror at the heart of empire to the attention of millions was born 272 years ago today. This article claims to be the revealing that equiano was the one to reveal all the horrors of slavery. From the experience of all ages and nations , i believe, that the work done by free men comes cheaper in the end than the work performed by slaves. Whatever work he does, beyond what is sufficient to purchase his own maintenance, can be squeezed out of him by violence only, and not by [his own free will] (1776) *somerset case-> when any negro who stepped foot in britain was freed. British identity (cid:498)the sun doesn"t set on the british empire(cid:499) A common anecdote is that britain"s ships are slow and would slow them (cid:498)britain wasn"t the nation to start slavery, but it was the nation that ended it. (cid:499)
