jan 1, 1787 - Ottobah Cugoano's 'Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery' is published

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Cugoano was born in Ghana, enslaved in 1770 and trafficked across the Atlantic to Grenada. After two years of enforced labour, Cugoano was taken to England by his enslaver. It is unclear how Cugoano regained freedom, but he became an influential campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade. Academicians, including Reynolds, subscribed to his anti- slavery book. First published in 1787, the text was originally sold from Schomberg House, where Cugoano lived as a servant with the artists Richard and Maria Cosway.

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